Cpw - a parent's nightmare! Please help

collegealum314
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:51:33 +0000

^ collegealum314, your argument is roughly “freshmen’s abilities must be limited in this way in order to protect them from fraternities”. That is how a child is treated.

You may argue FOC is a good limitation (which is a completely separate argument), but your point for how this is treating a freshman like an adult is completely opposite of the arguments you’re making.



I totally disagree.

Number one, they rush people into decisions they wouldn’t normally make. As I said, we had two days to make this decision. This process was designed to support the fraternity system. And MIT goes to great lengths to sell it to the students, sometimes going as far to say it is important for career development.

Number two, it puts them in a no-win situation. Depledging a fraternity, as I said, is awkward. Freshmen can do it, but as I said it’s awkward and unpleasant to pick up and actually physically move in the middle of the semester. And by then, you have put up with fair amount of BS before you decide it is worth it to disassociate yourself with everyone you know on campus.

I guess adults should be able to make their own decisions, but who would freshmen ask to form opinions on frats? How would an entering freshmen have any idea what would be involved, especially since MIT goes to great lengths to tell them that the frat system is different than at other schools, where it might be stereotypical. I guess you would ask MIT students, except there was a gag order that barred MIT students from saying anything bad about another living group. If it is found out that you said something bad about a frat, your living group gets penalized. I would hardly say that is how you treat adults.