Hannah Deixler '13 discusses the amount to which students identify with and define themselves by their sorority or fraternity — even outside the context of their university

Efforts by the IFC and the University successfully limited consumption of alcohol during rush week, but true change in the high-risk drinking culture is still lacking.

Graduate student-elected trustee Darrick Nighthawk Evensen gives his take on two important issues currently facing the Board of Trustees. 

As Cornell administrators prepare to release an updated ID scanner for the iPhone and iPad in mid-October, the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs and the Interfraternity Council asserted the efficacy of the scanners in deterring freshmen from attending open social events.

Student Assembly leaders introduced the “Cayuga’s Watchers” initiative, a proposal that would send anonymous student employees to parties to spot potential alcohol or health crises.

University changes to the Greek system will immediately restrict interaction between chapters and freshmen for the first quarter of the year.

President David Skorton announced that “pledging as we know it has to stop” at a meeting of Greek student leaders on Tuesday.

The Phi Kappa Tau house, located at 106 The Knoll, was recently named the first fraternity or sorority house in New York State to use New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s comprehensive energy assessment, known as Home Performance with ENERGYSTAR. Improvements to the house will save Phi Kappa Tau approximately $1,100 per year in energy costs.

President David Skorton sat down with The Sun on Monday to discuss his decision-making regarding Greek life, staff cuts, suicide prevention and the controversial folding of the Africana Center into the College of Arts and Sciences.

The big-little system in Greek houses is based on bonds of friendship, not superficiality.