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It is, moreover, very-useful in such a state to do as Clisthenes did at Athens, when he was desirous of increasing the power of the people, and as those did who established the democracy in Cyrene; that is, to institute many tribes and fraternities, and to make the religious rites of private persons few, and those common; and every means is to be contrived to associate and blend the people together as much as possible; and that all former customs be broken through.

In mediaeval times many of the wealthiest fraternities obtained their estates in this simple and cheap manner, and once when Henry VIII of England sent an officer to confiscate certain vast possessions which a fraternity of monks held by frankalmoigne, "What!" said the Prior, "would you master stay our benefactor's soul in Purgatory?" "Ay," said the officer, coldly, "an ye will not pray him thence for naught he must e'en roast." "But look you, my son," persisted the good man, "this act hath rank as robbery of God!" "Nay, nay, good father, my master the king doth but deliver him from the manifold temptations of too great wealth."

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 protestors also asked that the houses go to groups fraternities have historically marginalized, including LGBTQ students, students of color and disabled students.

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.

"Fraternities are held to such a low level of accountability that misogyny grows and spreads, seemingly unfettered."

Coming over a year after the death of University of Santo Tomas law student and fraternity neophyte Horacio Tomas 'Atio' Castillo III, reports of frat-related violence in the University of the Philippines and outrage over the so-called #LonsiLeaks have reignited a debate about the relevance of fraternities in our time.

UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan, in a statement posted by The STAR, said that they are looking into the incident and urged the two fraternities to "take stronger and quick action to root out the scalawags in their ranks.

West Virginia University Bans 5 Fraternities for At Least 10 Years

For a certain generation of Americans, the image of fraternities is indelibly linked to National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), a fictionalized account of a group of hedonistic fraternity brothers at a U.S.

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.

Examples of which are community-based fraternities, sororities and organizations, the Philippine National Police Academy and other uniformed service and learning institutions.