<p>Not to get too far off the original topic, but the freshmen on campus rule does not, in fact, keep freshman fraternity pledges on campus. They may have a residence in a dormitory where MIT sends their mail, but many of them “hang out for long periods of time” at their fraternities. If there’s a purpose to FOC, it defeats it.</p>
<p>(I met, by the way, a current freshman – class of '13 – who didn’t know that freshmen were not always required to live on campus, and who had never heard of Scott Kreuger. My mind was boggled.)</p>