The University of Alabama's recruitment process has made its way onto TikTok's For You Page, giving outsiders a look into Greek life at Southern schools.
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Coachella Valley Alumnae Panhellenic (CVAP) met Thursday, May 13, 2021, via Zoom to distribute their annual scholarships to 18 area high school seniors. These young women were selected based on their academic, extra-curricular and volunteer activities and were awarded between $2,350 and $3,350 to assist them with their first-year college expenses.
Distributed annually since 1954, the goal of the
CVAP Scholarship Fund is to give outstanding graduating seniors some preliminary financial support to pursue and realize their college dreams.
The CVAP recipients will be attending universities throughout the country in the fall. Many have selected schools within the University of California system. They will be pursuing a wide variety of degrees and majors, including climate engineering, sports medicine, music industry management and immigration law. Most have completed advanced placement courses, which give them up to a half year of completed college requirements prior to their p
The announcement gave no explanation for the decision, and Tom McGuire, director of communications at the university, declined to provide one.
The decision came less than a week after Leah Burke, a sophomore and member of a sorority, died on May 8, causing students, alumni and fraternity and sorority affiliates to speculate about the incident, according to
The Philadelphia Inquirer. But McGuire wrote in an email that a university investigation into her death is “not related to Greek life.” He said the university will put out more information “when it is appropriate.”
According to the Inquirer, a county coroner said Burke’s death “is not considered suspicious,” was not “trauma related” and that “nothing nefarious was involved.” The coroner is investigating whether Burke had a possible undiagnosed medical condition, the
Greek life is losing members. Here’s why.
From racist slurs to classism, three students share the reasons why they left or dismantled their fraternities and sororities.
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The cliquishness, classism, and racial insensitivities of Greek life have never exactly been hidden.
So it’s no surprise that the racial justice protests in summer 2020 combined with a pandemic affecting all college students has sparked a new wave of anti-Greek sentiment over the past year.
But instead of concerned parents or annoyed neighbors bringing attention to the dangers of fraternities and sororities, it’s
college students who have been at the forefront of the call to abolish them. Students are quick to point out that these are institutions