l03wn3 t1_ivnvn59 wrote on November 9, 2022 at 9:17 AM

Reply to comment by GoochMasterFlash in Cornell suspends fraternity parties and social events after allegations of sexual assault and drug-laced drinks | CNN by beeps-n-boops

Just to be clear, when you say “greek life”, that is an expression for “frat/sorority” life, right? It’s seems to have little to do with actual Greece or greek way of life, even if there are references in the names of the frats.

GoochMasterFlash t1_ivnvviu wrote on November 9, 2022 at 9:21 AM

Correct, I think its just called greek life because of the naming convention using the greek alphabet, which maybe stems from an older style of club naming in colleges that was pre-fraternity. Fraternities were basically self-improvement focused social clubs a long long time ago so it is ironic that they now are basically the opposite of that