Colgate administrators want to require Greek societies to sell their houses to the school in order to remain active on campus as an effort to cut down on hazing, violent fights, drinking, and sexual assaults.Opponents say the university is threatening the students’ civil rights.
A task force recommended the plan after a drunken driving accident in 2000 that left four people dead.
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Colgate University buying Greek houses to end "pattern of problems"
The New York school is forcing its fraternities and sororities to sell their off-campus houses to the school. A spokesman says the move is partly aimed at ending "a pattern of problems" that includes sexual assaults and hazing.
The purchases were recommended by a task force formed after a drunk-driving accident left four people dead.
About 40 percent of Colgate students are in a fraternity or sorority.
The plan would call for almost all students to live in university-owned housing. Any Greek organization that kept its own property would lose university recognition.
Opponents call the plan an attempt to end the campus Greek system. Students and alumni plan a rally against it Tuesday.
Colgate University buying Greek houses to end "pattern of problems"
