Harvard sorority disbands over new rules

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A sorority at Harvard University has chosen to disband rather than go co-ed.

In May the local chapter of the national Delta Gamma organization voted to disband rather than change its single-gender makeup. Two years ago Harvard told recognized campus single-gender organizations that they must go co-ed or forfeit members’ opportunities to hold leadership positions on campus and to be endorsed for postgraduate fellowships.

The university’s sanctions came after a university report on sexual assault prevention found “deeply misogynistic attitudes” in all-male clubs and a high rate of sexual assaults during college at events sponsored by single-gender clubs. (TAB)