Recommendation 5 - Conduct a Review of Senior Societies and Undergraduate Societies
Senior Societies and Undergraduate Societies do not fit neatly into any pre-conceived system. Among them, they cover the full panoply of selective, non-selective, single-sex, coed, residential and non-residential organizations. We propose that over the next year or two, the Dean of the College conduct a review of each of these two types of organizations to determine whether they should be reformed in any way. These reviews would determine which of the above-developed standards properly apply to these organizations and would then create a process in which the standards are systematically and equitably applied. If this process suggests major changes in the nature of these organizations, either as classes of organizations or as individual organizations, the Dean would promptly recommend and implement the appropriate changes while keeping the President and the Board of Trustees informed.
We propose that, pending the above-suggested reviews, no new Senior Societies or Undergraduate Societies would be formed and no existing such organizations would change their mode of operations (e.g., selectivity, residency, facility), except that any single-sex organization could convert to coed. The Dean should take care that, prior to his review, these organizations are observing the new alcohol policy and that no undesirable activities are effectively pushed by the new rules out of CFS-type houses into these organizations.
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