What Students are Saying

"It seems the College is offering a solution to a problem most of us didn't know existed."

Derek Soller '00

"If there were an attractive social space for students here, it would be popular regardless of the current Greek system."

Chris Davidson '99

"If frats are removed, the drinking won't be."

Ted Hodgson '02

"One of the main reasons I came to this college is that everything I needed was contained inside it, and I liked the way the Greek system was open to all students: no one was excluded from their social events."

Melissa J. Miranda '01

"There are already coed houses on campus. If students wanted more of them, wouldn't we have asked?"

Conner McGee '02

"If the intention here was to make gender relations better, the last thing the administration should do is take away the only public space presided over by women. It shoots us in the foot."

Allison Brugg '99

"I didn't want to go to Harvard or Princeton or Yale. I wanted to go to Dartmouth; I wanted the whole Dartmouth experience. And now it seems like I'm not going to be able to have it,"

John Webb '01

"My involvement in my sorority has offered so much to me—a network of truly caring and supportive sisters, a true feeling of belonging and inclusion, significant opportunities for leadership, a feeling of bonding and continuity."

Laura Adams '00

"My three years at Chi Heorot have been my most rewarding experience at Dartmouth. I have made friends with students whom I never would have met otherwise. It saddens me that future Dartmouth students will not have the same opportunity that I have had."

John R. Kline'99

"This past summer while I was up at school a close friend of mine tried to rape me. He almost succeeded. Since it happened off campus he is still a student here. My house says that he will not be let into it because this is my social space. Without my girlfriends, I don't know how I would have survived this whole ordeal. I really think it is important to keep a social space for women only on this campus."

Name withheld by request

"The fact that the student body", for whom this institution exists, was not even forewarned about these changes certainly reflects the Board's selfish desire to adhere to their 'politically correct' ideas of what an Ivy League college should be."

Elizabeth Owen '01

"Well it's about time! I think the end of the Greek system 'as we know it' would be one of the best things that could ever happen to this campus; (p.s. Hi, Mom! I'm in the Alumni 'Magazine!)"

Erica S. Rivinoja '99

"Fraternities are an

archaic social institution. As cultural norms change, so must Dartmouth."

Arvid Nelson '99

"Although fraternities and some sororities generously open their homes to destruction by the entire campus, I have always felt like I was a conditional guest."

Jeannine Murray-Roman '99

"Once this all settles down the College will be a better place for it, even if it takes a couple years to adjust."

Andrew Martin '00

"I'm looking forward to coming back to Dartmouth in five to ten years. I think I'll be visiting a much better place."

Jing Wang '99

"Put down your beer and remember that you're at an Ivy League College."

Leyla Kristin Kamalick '02