National offices for 16 sororities on Thursday declared they would not back down from their deeply unpopular directive forbidding University of Virginia sorority members from attending this weekend’s fraternity parties.
Sororities at UVA were told last week they are prohibited from participating in “men’s bid night,” one of the biggest party events of the year, when fraternities welcome new members.
Despite a petition drive, a letter-writing campaign and widespread grumbling on the Charlottesville campus, national offices for the 16 sororities with UVA chapters and the National Panhellenic Conference, an umbrella group representing 26 women’s Greek organizations, stuck to their declaration that existing policies prohibit sorority women from participating in fraternity recruitment.
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“We know from experience that such events pose risk management and safety issues,” Bower told HuffPost.
No sorority organization would respond to criticisms of student members.
Letter From National Sorority Presidents Urging Non Participation in UVA Men’s Bid Night by Tyler Kingkade
