On Tuesday, President David Skorton issued Cornell’s 39 fraternities an ultimatum: eliminate pledging or be eliminated.
But at a two-hour closed-door meeting of Greek leaders on Wednesday night, chapter presidents said that they were at a loss to understand the implications of Skorton’s declaration. They expressed a willingness to conform to new expectations, yet said they do not know how to eradicate practices — such as hazing — that are already prohibited.
In his New York Times editorial Wednesday, Skorton called for the end of pledging, defining the practice as “the performance of demeaning or dangerous acts as a condition of membership.” Yet Mohit Gulrajani ’12, IFC vice president for University and community relations, said that such practices are “not allowed at all” under current guidelines.
“I don’t know what [Skorton] wants,” Gulrajani said, adding that he did recognize that these activities do occur and are a matter of serious concern.
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