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Greek life has been banned by the Brandeis administration. The reasoning is that Brandeis was founded with the mission of being open and accepting of everyone, while fraternities and sororities are exclusionary. Brandeis demands openness and acceptance from all of the clubs on campus, not just the frats. This does not mean that fraternities and sororities don’t exist at Brandeis—they are just unofficial. With five fraternities and two sororities, Brandeis does have some semblance of Greek life, but it is nothing like official Greek life at other universities. The frat houses are small, off-campus houses that have large, dark, sketchy basements for parties, and due to the inconveniences of off-campus housing, only a couple of the frat guys will actually live there.

When the fraternities and sororities throw parties, they are some of the better off-campus parties, especially during “rush period” when new members are recruited. There are certainly other parties, but Greek life definitely helps dictate the party scene—or lack thereof. Aside from the parties, the Greek scene is pretty quiet on campus, with frats sponsoring a few community service initiatives and maybe a coffeehouse at Chum’s. Although they are trying to get more recognition by the campus, Greek life seems like it will be underground for many years to come.

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Greek Life at Brandeis University

ljp2090

'13

Economics

1.2

D

Small part of campus

Barely existent, no affect of campus life.

Oct 15, 2011

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Greek Life at Brandeis University

bobthewut

'12

Physics

1.9

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Greek Life Doesn't Officially Exist.

Greek life is not endorsed by the college; however, the fraternities and sororities still exist. I am not part of one, and, honestly, I'm not convinced they have much of an influence on the social life of the college at all.

Feb 24, 2011

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Greek Life at Brandeis University

ftale

'13

Health Care

4.2

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Underground

Greek life isn't recognized by Brandeis. However, it is prominent because we are such a small school and there is a good amount of students that are a part of the frats and sororities on campus. Some people dislike the greek life and are very against it while many others don't care for it. But greek is great for those who choose it. Some frats have houses where only members live there but neither sororities have houses. Greek life definitely gives you more to do such as the party life and social events.

Jan 08, 2011

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