Saturday, May 2, 2015

Literature Blog #4

Citation: Flanagan, Caitlin. "The Dark Power of Fraternities." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 19 Feb. 2014. Web. 01 May 2015.
Summary: The Dark Power of Fraternities was The Atlantic's March cover story that exposed the murky legal status of fraternity happenings and their influence towards the American college experience.
Author: Caitlin Flanagan is a writer for the Atlantic that got her start in 2001 in the magazine writing business. She has established herself as a highly entertaining social critic
Key Terms: FIPG-Fraternal Information and Programming Group--> A risk management system created for fraternities that is regularly updated.
Quotes:“In this newly forming culture, the drugs and personal liberation of the ’60s would be paired with the self-serving materialism of the ’80s, all of which made partying for its own sake—and not as a philosophical adjunct to solving some complicated problem in Southeast Asia—a righteous activity for the pampered young collegian. Fraternity life was reborn with a vengeance.”
Value: This highlights on the dark side of fraternities since having deviated from traditional fraternity culture, and gives credibility to the bad happenings that occur at certain fraternities

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