Princeton University to suspend freshmen who join Greek organizations

[Wildwood11]

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I left out A LOT. My point was that the campus culture was WELL described, by Princeton students themselves (who made up the vast majority of the members of the taskforce that wrote the report). That many students (especially those of certain income class, frat memberships, clubs, and race) like the prevailing campus culture was (and is) never at issue. And that it wasn’t based on rumor, stereotyping, those without experience, etc., etc., but by those on campus, in the clubs and out of them.

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<p>I disagree with this statement. The report gives statistics, not all that surprising, that identify characteristics of a certain specific aspect of life at Princeton. It does not even pretend to describe the overall culture there. The students on the task force were mostly all club members precisely because it was a study on the clubs themselves, not of all social life at the school. </p>

<p>As Epiphany pointed out, any given student in any particular club, selective or non, or in any of a variety of living arrangements, or from any particular department, is going to experience the “culture” in a different way. To many the whole concept of exclusivity, or even excessive drinking, is very distant to their own life at Princeton. So it is erroneous to talk about a “prevailing campus culture” based on this report.</p>