The Clarification Project :: essays research papers

I read two articles that were very contrasting on the ideas of Hellenic letter societies, better known as Greek Life. The first gear article was titled, University Announces dismiss on Fraternities and Sororities from the Metropolitan Desk, and the second was titled, For Some Women at Harvard, Greek Is a Scream from the Style Desk. One was about forbiddance Greek Life, and the other about how Greek Life can be a positive for social life at Harvard University.In University Announces Ban on Fraternities and Sororities, Alfred University argued that deaths, drinking problems, and low grades all resulted from Greek housing. To better the scholarship environment at the schoolhouse, trustees of the school voted to ban fraternities and sororities. They think that this change wint have much affect on the campus since Greek amuse has gone down 30% from the 1960s. I think this decision to bring in away fraternities and sororities is not freeing to solve anything. People coming to co llege are forced into a new environment. They are learning about themselves, and sometimes they turn to alcohol to help them cope with the changes. With or without fraternities, they would party and wash up bounteous grades as a result of the drinking. Taking away fraternities doesnt do any good, because the students will revolt by making mysterious clubs which will be much worst since the university has no control oer these. So my questions are, now that they have banned Greek letter societies, has the school noticed a change? And is this change good or bad? And has there been any secret underground societies been made as a result of this change?The argument to this side comes from For Some Women at Harvard, Greek Is a Scream. At Harvard University, they are finding that women are joining sororities more than for social reasons. But the social agendas do not include going to bars or partying, sort of, they consist of kickball tournaments, pajama parties, apple-picking trips, or outings to Finagle a beigel and Au Bon Pain. And these sororities arent about leaving people out, but instead focus on welcoming women who want to join to be a part of them. The actual funny part is, that while the sororities are pass to be charitable and positive, there are groups that offer the party and liquid ecstasy side that normally comes to mind when describing sororities. These groups are the women-only private clubs.