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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 · When Edwards arrived at Bowdoin in the fall of 1990, Bowdoin’s fraternities were no longer appropriate places for socialization—but neither were the majority of Bowdoin’s other social spaces, which still mostly catered to men.

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 › tag › fraternitiesFraternities – The Bowdoin Orient

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   Feb 4, 2022 · End of an era: the final years of Bowdoin’s fraternities. By Reuben Schafir • February 4, 2022 “This story, in a funny way, begins in Paris,” remembered Robert H. Edwards, President of the College from 1990 to 2001. Now 86 years of age, Edwards sat upright at his spotless dining room table in his farmhouse near Wiscasset, Maine ...

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

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   Oct 28, 2022 · From Ivies and Supers to pub trivia and Dinner with Six Strangers, the common thread is clear: an emphasis on social connection. Many students apply to Bowdoin with hopes of belonging in a small, tight-knit community.

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

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   A local fraternity, Alpha Rho Upsilon (whose letters were chosen to stand for “All Races United”), was founded in 1936 in response to this exclusion. While over 95% of the Bowdoin student body was composed of fraternity brothers in the late sixties, by 1971, only 50% of freshmen joined a fraternity.

6. www.bostonglobe.com › metro › 2017/07/30Harvard looks to Bowdoin as model in eradicating frats, but ...

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   Jul 30, 2017 · A Harvard committee has pointed to Bowdoin as a model for eradicating final clubs, fraternities, and sororities from campus social life. Harvard administrators share some of Edwards’s concerns.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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   Coeducation complicated Bowdoin’s social scene, which had been dominated by all-male fraternities. Learn more about the particular social challenges and triumphs that women encountered at the College.