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Re:Senior House at MIT Dies, and a Crisis Blooms at Colleges... by denzil_correa on Sunday September 23, 2018 @06:54AM (#18050462)
> MIT’s dismantling of Senior House is part of a nationwide trend on college campuses, a shift that places a premium on safety, orderliness, and minimal bad publicity above all. Experts trace the roots of this shift to the 1980s. Since then, college tuition has skyrocketed and with it the competition for students who can afford it. Parents footing the bill are paying a lot more attention. The world has become more litigious and more corporate.

One of things - amongst many others - which the 1980s keep on giving.

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Re:Senior House at MIT Dies, and a Crisis Blooms at Colleges... by ReallyAnonymous on Sunday September 23, 2018 @09:46AM (#18051060)
I'm a Duke '91 graduate and had several sigma chi friends and witnessed this game many times. Don't know if it still takes place now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwmpLZHKF4Y

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