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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern’s sorority quad. A recent IPR study reported that women in sororities experience a conflict between their feminist values and the realities of the Greek system.

Students describe their experience rushing for Greek life

January 15, 2020

Students coming back from winter break found themselves busy caught in the midst of transitioning back to school and beginning the rush process, as formal recruitment took place during the first two weeks...

Huang: An international student’s take on sorority culture

Huang: An international student’s take on sorority culture

November 17, 2019

The dawn of winter quarter signifies freezing weather and seasonal depression. But winter would not be complete without annual recruitment at Panhellenic sororities. As Winter Quarter of my freshman year...

The Pi Kappa Alpha building in Northwestern’s fraternity quad. Many students feel torn over joining Greek life during the Abolish Greek Life movement.

Students deactivate Greek life, take Greek relationships with them

October 24, 2019

Sarrin Chethik was never a fan of Phi Delta Theta fraternity’s chapter meetings, but he loved to mingle at their dinners. Come junior year, he realized that the two were not necessarily tied. Chethik,...

Northwestern’s sorority quad.

Augustine: Sorority alcohol policies affect safety and autonomy

April 29, 2019

Fraternity houses on college campuses host a barrage of underage drinking events each weekend. Dark, dingy basements of fraternity houses are the setting for copious amounts of alcohol being served by...

Amos Pomp. To provide an alternative to participating in recruitment, Pomp posted on Facebook a list of other activities to do around campus or in downtown Evanston.

Recruitment week is here — but some students refuse to go Greek

January 11, 2019

As recruitment begins, some students have been seeking alternatives to participating in Greek activities. Those options may not be hard to find. Last Sunday, Weinberg junior Amos Pomp posted on...

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