Fraternities justified in
limiting guests at parties
While Justin Deitchman made some good points in his column, he
has ignored a key issue that nullifies his interesting theory
(“Frat parties perpetuate exclusion,” Nov. 14).
That issue is liability, and it’s what fraternities have
to worry about when deciding whom to let into their parties.
Now, while I assume that Justin is an upstanding member of
society, I can’t know that for sure if I’ve never
talked to him before or even seen him. This makes it a little hard
for me to let him into my fraternity house, which for many students
in the Greek system is their home.
While Deitchman is all for letting everyone and anyone into
parties, I doubt that he would let random strangers into his own
home. He is right about females having a pass to any fraternity
party, but that’s true for regular parties as well.
Where Deitchman is wrong, however, is when he says there are no
students outside the Greek system at parties. Fraternities want
good turnouts for their parties, so they invite their friends in
order to maintain a level of safety. This includes friends who are
not in the Greek system (which, shockingly, they do have).
So as fun as an “egalitarian society of collegiate
party-goers” sounds, maybe Justin should try to go out and
get to know some Greek members instead.
Vadim Kutuyev
Second-year, computer science