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View ArticleThe Power of Fraternities
Atlantic contributing editor Caitlin Flanagan took an in-depth look at how fraternities on campuses around the country are a driving factor in the rise of sexual assault. And the national fraternities...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Travoltified Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the Oscar's highs and lows, Atlantic's article, "The Dark Power of Fraternities" with Slate's Mike Pesca, and why looking normal is...
View ArticleOne In 7 Billion Gabfest
The Gabfest panelists have much to talk about this week: what’s going on with Russia and Ukraine, the always polarizing spectacle that is the Academy Awards, and what’s new in the ever-changing fashion...
View ArticleFrat Bans Pledging; Aging Infrastructure; Public Advocate on Charter Schools
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a major fraternity, has announced that it will ban pledging. We’ll hear why and what it means for Greek life in area campuses. Plus: New York City Public Advocate Letitia James...
View ArticleA Major Fraternity Bans Pledging
Saying that "the days of second-class citizens are over" and comparing fraternity pledging to Apartheid, the governing body for Sigma Alpha Epsilon has announced that it will ban pledging in its...
View ArticleWesleyan Fraternities to Go Co-Ed
Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., one of the most liberal higher education institutions in the country, is moving to make its fraternities co-educational within the next three years.The move...
View ArticleA Greek Tragedy: Fraternities, Bigotry and Sexism
Caitlin Flanagan, a contributor to The Atlantic and the author of Girl Land (Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books, 2013) and last year's The Dark Power of Fraternities, discusses whether bigotry and sexism...
View ArticleBL Weekend: Racism in Frats, the Truth & a Lie and Carmelo the Science Fellow
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Racism in Fraternities (First) | The Truth and a Lie (Starts at 23:30) | Carmelo the Science Fellow (Starts at 37:24)If you don't...
View ArticleThe Culture Gabfest: Travoltified Edition
Slate critics Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the Oscar's highs and lows, Atlantic's article, "The Dark Power of Fraternities" with Slate's Mike Pesca, and why looking normal is...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Politics; The End of Campus Greek Culture; Living the Subway...
Jamil Smith fills in for Brian today. You'll hear:Evan Siegfried, Republican strategist and commentator and the author of GOP GPS: How to Find the Millennials and Urban Voters the Republican Party...
View ArticleIs the End of Campus Greek Culture Near?
A faculty committee at Harvard has recommended the university phase out fraternities, sororities and final clubs. Alexandra Brodsky, civil rights attorney & Skadden Fellow at National Women's Law...
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