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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 · The authors also outlined four proposals for the College’s fraternities: leave them in their existing state, invest in and rehabilitate them, allow them to coexist with a College-run house system or abolish them in favor of the proposed College House system.

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3. www.bowdoin.edu › fraternity-sorority-policyFraternity and Sorority Membership Policy | Bowdoin College

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   All Bowdoin students are prohibited from joining fraternities, sororities, and other private and similarly selective-membership social organizations.

4. research.bowdoin.edu › forty-years-the-history-ofOrient: Golden Age for Bowdoin Greeks - Bowdoin College

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   Before they were phased out, beginning in the late 1990s, fraternities were an important part of Bowdoin’s social life. This article, which outlines the history of Greek life at the College, ran on the front page of the Orient on September 28, 1973 (Document AW, 49).

5. research.bowdoin.edu › forty-years-the-history-ofSocial Life and Fraternities - 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.

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

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   Oct 28, 2022 · Many traditions have come and gone at the College. 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.

7. www.nytimes.com › 1992/12/16 › educationCampus Journal; At Bowdoin, an All-Male Era's Vestige Won't ...

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   Dec 16, 1992 · One tradition from the all-male days that did not end with the advent of coeducation in 1971 was Bowdoin's strong fraternity system. It continued to thrive. But now, nearly 200 years after...

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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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9. bowdoinorient.com › 2019/09/27 › looking-back-womenLooking back: women make a place for themselves in Bowdoin ...

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   Sep 27, 2019 · Women joined fraternities. Sixty-five women joined 254 male first-years (and roughly 900 male students total) at Bowdoin’s matriculation ceremony in 1971, becoming members of the College’s first coeducational class. Among them was a young woman named Patricia “Barney” Geller ’75.