Cornell professor Daniel Schwartz, English, published a column in the Huffington Post last Wednesday arguing for the abolishment of the Greek system at American colleges and universities. In an article titled “The Greek System: Should College Students Join Fraternities or Sororities?” Schwartz first argues that Greek life is no longer a necessary or useful social...
Skeletons come creeping out of the closet. With all the news surrounding the University of Oklahoma SAE fraternity members chanting a disturbing song about hanging black people, the death of an SAE brother at Cornell in 2011 has catapulted back into the spotlight. Especially because the young man who died during the alcohol-infused hazing ritual, sophomore George Desdunes of Brooklyn, was black. The...
