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Inside today's fraternities

by Amy Scott and Maria Hollenhorst
Jan 1, 2019
A lot of us have an image of what they look like. Is it justified?
Greek organizations "occupy this unique position where they are both dependent on universities and separate from them, and they are big businesses," author Alexandra Robbins says. Above, the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity house at San Diego State University in California in 2012.
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Changing fraternity culture: A business question

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Mar 10, 2014
After a string of deaths, elite fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon eliminates pledging all together.
Warren Buffett, a fraternity brother himself, of Berkshire Hathaway poses for pictures before the game between the Creighton Bluejays and the Providence Friars at CenturyLink Center on March 8, 2014 in Omaha, Nebraska.
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