Control Pledging Power Abuses
Commentary on importance of pledging to the greek process
Unknown writer discusses the new revaluation of Pledging from the administration and stresses the importance of the process and concerns over abuse of power
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
October 13th 1989
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Newspaper
Roving Reporter on double standard for sororities
Pledging
Student responses to whether or not there is a double standard with how sororities are treated by administration. These interviews were in response to faculty being allowed to visit sororities pledging activities due to a sorority being caught performing illegal activities, while fraternities did not have the same repercussions.
Cynthia Babcock, Barb Lampe
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Oct 5, 1993
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English
Newspaper
Dr. Margot Kelley Bursts My Bubble
Pledging, Administration
An interview with faculty, Dr. Margot Kelley, that addresses rumor that she wants to sue Greek life for abuse of pledges. Dr. Kelley actually just criticized Greek life for promoting a lack of diversity on campus.
Craig Faucher
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Nov 2, 1993
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English
Newspaper
Pledging Underway Once Again
Pledging
This news article reports on fraternity's Spring pledging and the number of new pledges that each fraternity has.
Erika Compton
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Feb 22, 1994
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Newspaper
Greek Life Controversy
Greek Life
This article provides an overview of the positive and negative criticism of Greek life, including pledging, service, and separatism on campus.
Matt Klinger
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Dec 8, 1998
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English
Newspaper
Pledging: Meaningless, Horrible
Pledging
An opinion article that addresses why Greek life's pledging activities are harmful, written by a fraternity member.
Jeff Church
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Feb 8, 2000
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English
Newspaper
Pledging: The Freshman Perspective
Pledging
A freshman provides a perspective on the disruptiveness of rushing, the negative treatment of sorority pledges by fraternities, and questions the traditions of hazing.
John Grebe
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Feb 8, 2000
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English
Newspaper
Greek Life Rushes into Fall season with new regulations
Greek life, pledging, administration
Discusses the changes to Greek life in rushing and pledging. The entire process, originally taking almost the entire school year, would only take about half a semester. Pledging was also cut down from 60 hours a week to 20 hours a week. Due to the changes in the schedule, freshman were no longer allowed to be involved in the pledging process.
Katie Haldeman
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
September 3 2010
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English
Newspaper
GPA Requirements Lowered for Fraternities
Greek Life
The GPA requirment for frat pledges was lowered so more freshman could join the Greek life community
Fred Gladstone
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Feb 24 1989
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English
Newspaper Article
GDI Supports Powerpoints
Greek Life
The GPA requirment for frat pledges was lowered so more freshman could join the Greek life community
GDI
Ursinus Grizzly
Ursinus College
Jan 26 1990
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English
Newspaper Article