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Coverage of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death in The New York Times referenced her membership in Alpha Epsilon Phi during her time as an undergraduate at Cornell University. The Times coverage includes comment from Bonnie Rubenstein Wunsch, executive director of Alpha Epsilon Phi.

In long-awaited reporting, The Washington Post published a lengthy piece on the Abolish Greek Life movement, including comment from Dani Weatherford, National Panhellenic Conference…

Member Development Committee (MDC) Change

In December 2019, 13 college chapters participated in an MDC pilot program with the aim of increasing informal peer accountability. This program provided college chapters with the option to address member concerns through a one-on-one meeting, as opposed to in front of the full MDC. 

The program was wildly successful, with participating college chapters reporting an increase in overall meeting effectiveness and a more positive perspective of MDC within…

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Indiana University was a major news focus last week after it announced the university is encouraging the nearly 2,600 students living in fraternity/sorority housing to move or re-evaluate living arrangements, pointing to mitigation testing positivity rates in some houses being above 50%. Diverse Issues in Higher Education reports that the positivity rate in fraternity/sorority housing is 8.1%, compared to the residence hall rate of 1.6%. According to Reuters,…

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COVID-19 has pushed the bulk of recruitment online, NPR reports, forcing fraternity/sorority life to reconsider its pitch to students now that social activities are less of an option. Gentry McCreary, a consultant for Greek-letter organizations, says that several schools are reporting “record-breaking numbers of students” signing up for recruitment as sororities pivot strategies to focus on meaningful experiences beyond partying. If Greek organizations,…