Although Hull said he supports the house system, he would modify it so there are more houses with fewer members. That way, he said, all students could reasonably expect to live in their house sometime during their four years on campus. The trustees set up a committee to make recommendations on the future of Greek life at Union, and did not limit the committee to reviewing the U2K plan. The committee is made up of nine Union alumni, five of them fraternity members. Many Union faculty members have expressed disapproval of the Greek system, and some have called for it to be done away with altogether.
Students react The sentiments of students are harder to discern.
Twenty-nine percent of the approximately 2,000 students at Union belong to a fraternity or sorority. While they're in the minority, they're the ones who've been the most vocal since the U2K plan was released. The Greek students, as well as Greek alumni, have written letters to the trustees opposing the plan. And since the start of the fall term, they've voiced their disapproval in the opinion pages of the student newspaper week after week. Some students say Greek houses dominate the social scene because the college hasn't provided much else for students to do, especially in the late-night hours.