National offices for 16 sororities on Thursday declared they would not back down from their deeply unpopular directive forbidding University of Virginia sorority members from attending this weekend's fraternity parties. Sororities at UVA were told last week they are prohibited from participating in "men's bid night," one of the biggest party events of the year, when fraternities welcome new members. Despite a petition drive, a letter-writing campaign and widespread grumbling on the Charlottesville campus, national offices for the 16 sororities with UVA chapters and the National Panhellenic Conference, an umbrella group representing 26 women's Greek organizations, stuck to their declaration that existing policies prohibit sorority women from participating in fraternity recruitment. "While we value the input our chapter leaders have to offer on this important and ongoing dialogue, our members' safety and well-being must remain our top priority," said a joint statement from the national and international presidents of 16 sororities with UVA chapters, released Thursday through Alpha Delta Pi "That is why we stand by the collective decision of our 16 International Presidents, which supports an existing [National Panhellenic Conference] policy that our organizations will not participate in men's bid day activities on any campus.
Uva Sororities Stick To Hated Ban On This Weekend's Frat Parties
Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post: Politics
Thu, 01/29/2015 - 4:28pm
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