@citivas, I won’t pretend to really have this issue wired, but my impression is that the latter reason you gave is the big dog in that hunt. I think the typically spirited and loud Wes kid, particularly the young women among them, don’t tend to sympathize with frat nation. They see those institutions, as does the administration and faculty, as an anachronism from a bygone era and as bastions of paternalism, sexism, classism, clubism, and every other negative ism you can think of. And, by and large, they are correct - the truth is, fraternities cause a lot of problems on campuses everywhere. Not so much the sororities, but the frats are a handful and, candidly, they are also a liability waiting to happen. I could be wrong and you could well be correct, but I just struggle to picture the typical Wesleyan co-ed giving a damn about frats rights to exist out of some sense of unity with them standing against the man. I think they think that fraternities are a breeding ground for the Man. The only thing I can imagine they would care about is that the frats do throw good parties, and even the most strident anti-establishment kid likes to party.