Stanford’s war on social life
It is absolutely impossible to take this article seriously, because the author refuses to acknowledge the un-fucking-believably fraught legacy that the Greek fraternity system has, at Stanford and at every other school.<p>> Driven by a fear of uncontrollable student spontaneity and a desire to enforce equity on campus<p>Oh, yeah, Stanford’s really afraid of “student spontaneity.”<p>They’re definitely not afraid of organizations that:<p>- ritualize physical and mental abuse<p>- force people to consume dangerous amounts of drugs and alcohol<p>- institutionalize racism, classism, and misogyny<p>- protect - and encourage! - sexual assaulters<p>Fraternities aren’t all bad. Fraternity brothers aren’t all bad. I was one, and I met some of the best friends of my life. But that also means I know just how fucking bad it gets, even now (2016-2020).<p>Yeah, sucks, you don't get to live in a big fun house and pull Animal House-style pranks any more. You lost your privileges after killing a fucking kid.<p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Family-sues-Stanford-roommates-after-son-s-death-16791879.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Family-sues-Stanford-ro...</a><p>Oh, sorry -- did I say <i>a</i> kid, singular?<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hazing_deaths_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hazing_deaths_in_the_U...</a><p>29 dead in the U.S. in the last 12 years.<p>And the author makes this out to be some stick-in-the-mud administrator trying to take away their toys. Makes me fucking sick.