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1. bowdoinorient.com › 2022/02/04 › end-of-an-era-theEnd of an era: the final years of Bowdoin’s fraternities

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   Feb 4, 2022 · Raymond Bolduc ’71, a member of Zeta Psi, recognized that Bowdoin’s fraternities were “dinosaurs fading slowly into extinction,” but still expressed his discontent with what he maintains even today was a “power grab” by Edwards.

2. www.bowdoin.edu › news › 2024The Bowdoin Hello: A Couple of Seconds That Add Up Over Time

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   Sep 13, 2024 · Though fraternities are long gone, each new class of students continues the tradition, refashioning the gesture to fit their ideals for Bowdoin's community today. Neiman Mocombe ’26, a multimedia student correspondent for Bowdoin's communications office, set out during the second week of classes to get a sense of what students think about the ...

3. bowdoinorient.com › 2022/10/28 › the-people-behindThe people behind the Bowdoin Hello – The ... - Bowdoin Orient

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   Oct 28, 2022 · The College writes that “Back in the 1960s, Bowdoin fraternity pledges would be in trouble if they didn’t give a vigorous ‘hello’ to each other, even from the other side of campus.” In an effort to revive this tradition, I talked to people that I believe are champions of the Bowdoin Hello, in hopes of putting a face—or faces—to ...

4. bowdoinorient.com › 2024/02/16 › do-bowdoin-parties-suckDo Bowdoin parties suck? – The Bowdoin Orient

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   Feb 16, 2024 · This year, only a few students who experienced Bowdoin before Covid remain, and the impact of the pandemic on campus life is fading into the rearview mirror. That excuse is starting to lose its steam.

5. research.bowdoin.edu › forty-years-the-history-ofOrient: Golden Age for Bowdoin Greeks – Forty Years: The ...

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   Even before the advent of coeducation at Bowdoin, however, there were some flaws in the fraternity system: “most, if not all” Bowdoin fraternities discriminated against black, Catholic, and Jewish students, in part as a result of the national fraternities’ regulations.

6. research.bowdoin.edu › forty-years-the-history-ofSocial Life and Fraternities - Bowdoin College

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   The fraternities were an integral (albeit occasionally problematic) part of Bowdoin’s social scene, but the Board of Trustees’ 1997 decision to phase them out was, in part, because of their incompatibility with coeducation.

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   Are Bowdoin's fraternities fading into extinction?

   • Raymond Bolduc ’71, a member of Zeta Psi, recognized that Bowdoin’s fraternities were “dinosaurs fading slowly into extinction,” but still expressed his discontent with what he maintains even today was a “power grab” by Edwards.

   End of an era: the final years of Bowdoin’s fraternities

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   Did Bowdoin's fraternities prove their worth to the College?

   • In his view, Bowdoin’s fraternities no longer proved their worth to the College. In the time that had passed between Edwards’ meeting in Paris and this announcement, the College’s President had settled into his new role and embarked upon a mission to change the institution for the better.

   End of an era: the final years of Bowdoin’s fraternities

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   When did Bowdoin transition from Greek life to college house?

   • Despite this popular narrative, Bowdoin’s transition from Greek life to the College House system arguably began as early as 1971 and reflected not just the urgency of the moment after Brett’s death, but a decision to markedly change the experience of Bowdoin students.

   End of an era: the final years of Bowdoin’s fraternities

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   What happened to the fraternities?

   • With only 30 percent or fewer students pledging fraternities in 1996, the chapters began to experience financial difficulties, leading to the degradation of the houses, and some alumni charge that the College intentionally stood idle while fraternities endured a slow, natural death.

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8. www.bowdoin.edu › news › 2018The Root of Ivies | Bowdoin College - News

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   Jun 15, 2018 · Beyond the passage of time, the establishment of coeducation in the 1970s and the disestablishment of fraternities in the late 1990s combined to bring profound social change at Bowdoin, and Ivies has reflected that transformation.