The elders at Harvard University are wagging a finger at the “pernicious behavior” of some of its students and are proposing a ban on all fraternities and sororities on the elite campus.
The no-fun proposal was dropped Wednesday morning by a faculty committee tasked with changing the school’s policy on single-gender social groups.
In a 22-page report, the committee recommended single gender clubs be banned by the fall of 2018 and even wrote out the wording of what Harvard should tell its undergraduates:
“Harvard students may neither join nor participate in final clubs, fraternities or sororities, or other similar private, exclusionary social organizations that are exclusively or predominantly made up of Harvard students, whether they have any local or national affiliation, during their time in the College. The College will take disciplinary action against students who are found to be participating in such organizations.”
The Crimson, Harvard’s school newspaper, said it didn’t expect the proposal would be very popular with students.
“The committee’s recommendations will likely draw heavy criticism from both alumni and undergraduates in social groups, who have repeatedly attacked the existing policy as overreaching and unnecessary,” said the paper.