tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4239098269157087364..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: UVa Closes Frats. Who's Next?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87327056998992419432014-11-25T11:09:23.839-05:002014-11-25T11:09:23.839-05:00The worst part of that article is that her three f...The worst part of that article is that her three friends talked her out of going to the police or to the hospital. What kind of friends would do that? And why would she listen to them? I do not understand valuing your reputation more than your own physical health. <br /><br />Fraternities can be a positive experience for students. Many of my freshmen students are interested in joining. But we areProgramming Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838328277067778125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48398512102411336362014-11-24T20:13:33.824-05:002014-11-24T20:13:33.824-05:00Carry on, Bubba. It may be quixotic, but these lit...Carry on, Bubba. It may be quixotic, but these little shits (and, even more so, those who are hovering on the brink, not quite sure whose example to follow) especially need to hear from other men that this is no way to be a man (which is not to say that there isn't a pretty wide range of other acceptable options, but that's the point: they need to hear from men who express their own Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44373807324865884052014-11-24T09:14:26.087-05:002014-11-24T09:14:26.087-05:00I could only make it about one-third of the way th...I could only make it about one-third of the way through the Rolling Stones article. Too much rage building too early in the day...Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35343891864449066862014-11-24T06:07:20.102-05:002014-11-24T06:07:20.102-05:00We do not need hope in order to persevere.
...We do not need hope in order to persevere.<br /> William of Orange (I think)<br /><br />I've always liked that quote - it fits my no-good-deed-goes-unpunished philosophy. Sometimes I think the only thing that keeps me going is sheer bloody mindedness.<br /><br />Well, that and the scotch.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9744150096391087272014-11-23T23:35:04.861-05:002014-11-23T23:35:04.861-05:00For struggling to make your institution a better p...For struggling to make your institution a better place? No, you are not a goddam fool. People who do that are the only reason that anything ever does get better. Carry on!Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46692908559519986532014-11-23T22:23:17.038-05:002014-11-23T22:23:17.038-05:00Decades ago, I sat in a meeting with Terry Sulliva...Decades ago, I sat in a meeting with Terry Sullivan and a handful of other people. She was the boss. She had a spine. She was deliberate. She was shrewd. It was not the last time I interacted with her, but my impression of her never changed much.<br /><br />That said, if she uses all her political capital, all her skills as a sociologist, all the expertise she's accumulated as an Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73941901232578690772014-11-23T18:47:51.451-05:002014-11-23T18:47:51.451-05:00Indeed. Score one for another endangered-but-neces...Indeed. Score one for another endangered-but-necessary-to-a-functioning-free-society institution: long-form investigative journalism. <br /><br />Also, good for President Sullivan for taking strong (if perhaps somewhat delayed) action. At least I hope it will turn out to be strong action, and not dramatic window-dressing. <br /><br />It's also worth noting that, short of not going to Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59962546487133520562014-11-23T18:47:00.337-05:002014-11-23T18:47:00.337-05:00The Rolling Stone article is appalling. I remain g...The Rolling Stone article is appalling. I remain grateful that my undergrad SLAC did not have frats (because an alum had made a huge endowment on the grounds that frats would not ever be allowed on campus). We had "social clubs" as pale imitations, and though I did join one, I dropped out after my first year and never regretted it.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41849561812151948872014-11-23T17:55:37.717-05:002014-11-23T17:55:37.717-05:00We always get some spam, but today, for this artic...We always get some spam, but today, for this article we've received more than 50 spam comments with links to porn sites, sexual aids, and foreign bride services. The world is sometimes something with which I have grown tired. College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-76444126838956316932014-11-23T17:00:50.977-05:002014-11-23T17:00:50.977-05:00I could pretty much have written MA&M's co...I could pretty much have written MA&M's comment above, word for word. I was in a fraternity. It was a very, very positive experience for me. I'm still in touch with many of the friends I made there. But! I can definitely see this insidious sort of -- well, but it's not even "frat culture," so much as it is just "misogyny culture" that's polluting Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68728188498999817462014-11-23T16:00:07.738-05:002014-11-23T16:00:07.738-05:00I was in a frat and it was one of the best parts ...I was in a frat and it was one of the best parts of being an undergrad. That said, we were on a small campus of a church-related school and our chapter was very much opposed to hazing. We even still had a House Mother. Yeah, we drank too much, smoked stuff we shouldn't have, messed around with pretty girls, etc, but rape? no way. Then I went to grad school at a big state school and HOLY Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.com