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To: LindyBill who wrote (60988)	12/10/2002 9:13:04 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Bill, I genuinely don't understand your position. Those special houses are not cases of segregation. I know of no instance in which students are either forced into them or denied access to other dorm situations. They are creations of the students own choosing. As I think you may recall from my earlier posts, since my home was 3 hours from campus for the last 20 years of my teaching, the university was kind enough to offer me an apartment in one of the dorms during the week. So I lived with the students, worked closely with the staff that supervises students, know more than most faculty members about the issues in students' lives that led to some of these housing arrangements, and the good will of staff members that produced these arrangements. It's a rather long story and one I don't see any reason to bore the rest of the thread with. But I speak with some experience here. If you wish to continue this conversation, I would be more than happy to do so, either privately or on another thread of your choosing. As for fraternities and sororities being private groups, they weren't on my campus and I suspect not so on a lot. They were licensed by the university, had to conform to university rules and regulations, their behaviors were monitored, they could be ended not just kicked off campus, and they could be permitted to try again to correct their behaviors, etc.