>> Oh I absolutely believe it wasn't random, living as close as you do to a major college town.<<
Eastern is smaller than U of I, but they both have Greek houses. Of the two, though, it's U of I that's the rape capital of America. No coincidence that it's the campus with the most Greek houses. What did they do about that? Cut down the bushes. 0_o
>> And fraternities seem to have gotten into the pattern of attracting jerks for some time now, and not having adult supervision. (Brock Turner is just one appalling recent example.) <<
People conveniently forget that almost all college students, with the exception of a few freshmen, are in fact legal adults. They just don't have much life experience yet. Having an older pair of houseparents would be prudent, though.
>> Did you use UIUC or KU as your template? <<
University of Kansas, since that's the setting for this series. I wasn't expecting the numbers to be that bad, but it sure was convenient for this storyline.
>> Stands to reason, at least by me, that the houses that were trying to do it right were all marked cultures in one form or other. There's a lot to gain in establishing one's identity and personhood by hitting as many positive marks for the Greek system as one can.<<
Yes, exactly.
Really, the Greek system is just an example of what happens when like-minded people get together. Some of them do really great things. But others egg each other on to commit atrocities. The schools permit it because many of these groups -- like the sport teams, also a serious problem -- are wealthy, connected, and powerful. We wouldn't have these problems if people simply banned groups that can't behave.
T-America does a lot better. Part of that is because schools more often eject troublesome groups. Another part is because they don't have just Greek houses to choose from. Many other organizations have a house, and a lot of those are multicultural, cross-cultural, and/or all-gender. So there's likely to a Sankofa House, Peace House, French House, Spanish House, Esperanto House, World Citizen House, Art House, Equestrian House, and so on. Students can stick with the same one or switch from one semester or year to another.
>> Yeah, having demons and angels around definitely amplifies the amount of trouble evil little shits can cause.<<
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Date: 2020-11-19 06:00 am (UTC)Eastern is smaller than U of I, but they both have Greek houses. Of the two, though, it's U of I that's the rape capital of America. No coincidence that it's the campus with the most Greek houses. What did they do about that? Cut down the bushes. 0_o
>> And fraternities seem to have gotten into the pattern of attracting jerks for some time now, and not having adult supervision. (Brock Turner is just one appalling recent example.) <<
People conveniently forget that almost all college students, with the exception of a few freshmen, are in fact legal adults. They just don't have much life experience yet. Having an older pair of houseparents would be prudent, though.
>> Did you use UIUC or KU as your template? <<
University of Kansas, since that's the setting for this series. I wasn't expecting the numbers to be that bad, but it sure was convenient for this storyline.
>> Stands to reason, at least by me, that the houses that were trying to do it right were all marked cultures in one form or other. There's a lot to gain in establishing one's identity and personhood by hitting as many positive marks for the Greek system as one can.<<
Yes, exactly.
Really, the Greek system is just an example of what happens when like-minded people get together. Some of them do really great things. But others egg each other on to commit atrocities. The schools permit it because many of these groups -- like the sport teams, also a serious problem -- are wealthy, connected, and powerful. We wouldn't have these problems if people simply banned groups that can't behave.
T-America does a lot better. Part of that is because schools more often eject troublesome groups. Another part is because they don't have just Greek houses to choose from. Many other organizations have a house, and a lot of those are multicultural, cross-cultural, and/or all-gender. So there's likely to a Sankofa House, Peace House, French House, Spanish House, Esperanto House, World Citizen House, Art House, Equestrian House, and so on. Students can stick with the same one or switch from one semester or year to another.
>> Yeah, having demons and angels around definitely amplifies the amount of trouble evil little shits can cause.<<
Sadly so.