It is absolutely impossible to take this article seriously, because the author refuses to acknowledge the un-fucking-believably fraught legacy that the Greek fraternity system has, at Stanford and at every other school.
> Driven by a fear of uncontrollable student spontaneity and a desire to enforce equity on campus
Oh, yeah, Stanford’s really afraid of “student spontaneity.”
They’re definitely not afraid of organizations that:
- ritualize physical and mental abuse
- force people to consume dangerous amounts of drugs and alcohol
- institutionalize racism, classism, and misogyny
- protect - and encourage! - sexual assaulters
Fraternities aren’t all bad. Fraternity brothers aren’t all bad. I was one, and I met some of the best friends of my life. But that also means I know just how fucking bad it gets, even now (2016-2020).
Yeah, sucks, you don't get to live in a big fun house and pull Animal House-style pranks any more. You lost your privileges after killing a fucking kid.
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Family-sues-Stanford-ro...
Oh, sorry -- did I say a kid, singular?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hazing_deaths_in_the_U...
29 dead in the U.S. in the last 12 years.
And the author makes this out to be some stick-in-the-mud administrator trying to take away their toys. Makes me fucking sick.
> Driven by a fear of uncontrollable student spontaneity and a desire to enforce equity on campus
Oh, yeah, Stanford’s really afraid of “student spontaneity.”
They’re definitely not afraid of organizations that:
- ritualize physical and mental abuse
- force people to consume dangerous amounts of drugs and alcohol
- institutionalize racism, classism, and misogyny
- protect - and encourage! - sexual assaulters
Fraternities aren’t all bad. Fraternity brothers aren’t all bad. I was one, and I met some of the best friends of my life. But that also means I know just how fucking bad it gets, even now (2016-2020).
Yeah, sucks, you don't get to live in a big fun house and pull Animal House-style pranks any more. You lost your privileges after killing a fucking kid.
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Family-sues-Stanford-ro...
Oh, sorry -- did I say a kid, singular?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hazing_deaths_in_the_U...
29 dead in the U.S. in the last 12 years.
And the author makes this out to be some stick-in-the-mud administrator trying to take away their toys. Makes me fucking sick.