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Various fraternities and sororities committed to join together and help the local government unit of Iloilo City address the dengue crisis.

Fraternities and sororities will no longer be allowed at Swarthmore College following outrage over years-old documents allegedly written by one fraternity there that contain derogatory comments about women and the LGBTQ community and jokes about sexual assault.

The Greek life research center launched this year by Penn State provides yet another example of the higher ed community's push to eliminate hazing, sexual assault and other dangerous behaviors at fraternities and sororities.

She's referring to the fact that fraternities and sororities enable colleges to outsource a good portion of housing and social activities, and that Greeks, who tend to come from better-off families than the GDIS ("God-Damned Independents"), are more apt to pay full tuition, donate to their alma maters, and hold positions of power--all potential obstacles for administrators who aspire to abolish fraternities or rein them in.

A group of US fraternities and sororities on Monday sued Harvard University, saying its crackdown on single-sex clubs amounted to sexual discrimination.

The legislation was passed also in response to numerous reports of hazing done particularly by members of fraternities and sororities in reputable universities, which resulted in the torture and worse, death of the victims.

Eight months after law student Horacio 'Atio' Castillo III died from apparent hazing, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) has suspended its recognition of all fraternities and sororities in the institution for the School Year (SY) 2018-2019.

Socorro Guan Hing, has directed the suspension of recognition of fraternities and sororities in the campus, stripping them of their power to recruit students in their organization for the next school year.

Humanists should avoid the promotion of negative attitudes toward fraternities and sororities and abstain from the use of slurs like "frat boy." First, it's inconsistent with our philosophy to categorize millions of people under a slur and associate entire groups with negative attributes.

Decades later, organized and governed through national associations and collegiate councils, college student fraternities and sororities continue to flourish.