November 5, 2024

4 thoughts on “And Another One Slips Past ‘Stun’ Editors

  1. Fraternities are supposed to encourage academic growth, but last time I checked, they weren’t required to tutor struggling students. Greek Life is supposed to be a social scene, not a Special Ed. Department. If you can’t pull a 2.25 maybe that means you should spend more time in a library instead of adding the responsibility associated with joining a fraternity. The IFC is making a decision that it values individuals who can effectively balance their school work and social life. It has nothing to do with private high school vs. public high school or classism. Plenty of public school students perform admirably at Cornell regardless of their economic situation. This woman is clearly just upset that, had she been a male student, her GPA would prevent her from joining an institution she clearly despises, making her feel inferior. If you have the privilege of writing an editorial for the Daily Sun, don’t use the space to throw yourself a pity party.

  2. Thanks for the comment, Anonymous: for some reason the author of the original article believes that the fraternities have a tradition of receiving failing students with the goal of turning their academic career around.

    Kemmett fell asleep at the wheel on this one.

  3. I am a fellow Sun Columnist and just wanted to chime in briefly. When i first read the article being discussed, I too strongly disagreed with its stance. Nevertheless, I would love to see this article or any by onecornell attack the beliefs and opinions of articles written in the Sun, not the principle of the Sun entertaining “absurd” and differing opinions. Although I am not a member of the Cornell Greek community, I find it widely accepted that despite the many great contributions of the fraternity system (charity, advancing education, etc.) this is not the main reason most students join one. In stark contrast, the social stigma, attractive parties and potential to meet lovely women is in reality what drives most to pledge. College first and foremost should be about getting an education. Things such as joining a fraternity are simply luxuries. I fully support the decision by the IFC to impose a gpa requirement. In doing so, the IFC is prioritizing someone’s role as a student above theirs as a potential frat member. While there are plenty of other reasons why fraternities can more justifiably be pegged discriminatory, Leigha Kemmett is surely misguided in making this issue into one of them.

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