God, talk about going overboard. Sheez.

Are exclusionary, elitist relics.

Mixed is allowed under these rules.

I went to UCLA, and generally avoided the "greek" houses like the plague, as common as they were. The sororities were much, much cleaner places. I've seen cleaner jails than the UCLA fraternities.

I wasn't thrilled about her joining, but it actually has been a positive experience for her and got her more involved.

I was wrong about my initial judgment, and it's a shame that now some schools want to punish students for joining.

Live and let live.

I wouldn't want to join a club that had someone like me as a member.

and agree!

But I recognize other people think differently than I do, even my own daughters.

I would wager that most people would love to join a club that had someone like you.

Seriously though, the club line is stolen directly from Groucho Marx. As much as I avoid communism and socialism, I'm quite the Marxist.

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx.

Groucho that is.

but a Grouchista

I haven't read anything about whatever Harvard's doing with Greek houses or other one-gender-only organizations prior to this post, but what I immediately thought when I read this headline was that it's an interesting way of avoiding "old-boys'-club politics," in either gender direction.

(You probably already know this, but for the benefit of anyone reading who doesn't: Historically, it wasn't uncommon for mostly-male leadership bodies' male members to network, socialize, and/or have policy discussions in men-only clubs. In some cases their aim was to exclude the female members; in some they were just talking shop when they bumped into each other in a place they frequented, but either way, it unfairly cut the women in the leadership body out of a lot of the decision-making and politicking.)

I have no idea whether that has tended to happen in colleges with single-gender groups. It does seem that Harvard's new policy would make such things harder, though, while still allowing mixed-gender Greek houses. Would a mixed house have given your daughter a similarly positive experience?

ot the top ## party colleges in the country. At the end of the article was this disclaimer:

impression that Cal State Chico was the big leagues for partiers. Disproven by my friends and relatives who went there, who are non-partiers.

People Studies Program. I'm excited for the progress. When will they de-genderize the soccer and basketball teams? Having two teams for each sport is becoming redundant and causes problems for transitioning persons.