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Contributor to the Atlantic Magazine; author of the article "The Dark Power of Fraternities"
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Caitlin Flanagan
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FROM Caitlin Flanagan
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The Dark Power of Fraternities The appeal of fraternity life to college students is no mystery. But there’s an obvious downside to a bunch of unsupervised, mostly underage college students binge drinking at a frat house. Deaths, serious injuries, and sexual assaults have led to countless lawsuits that at one time threatened to destroy Greek life on campuses across the country.
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