Frat houses are facing a ‘massive change,’ with some recommending wearing masks indoors.
. There is also skepticism about whether students in group housing will follow safety precautions, including forgoing roommates and communal meals, and wearing masks.“There’s no doubt that this is a massive change, a massive transition for all of us,” said Judson Horras, president and chief executive of the North American Interfraternity Conference, a membership organization representing 6,000 undergraduate fraternity chapters and 250,000 fraternity members.
The report did not specifically mention Greek life, but researchers said college towns in general should brace for a sharp increase in cases as students return for the fall semester.“If these places are having problems with half-empty campuses, we can only assume the fall will take a major toll on these college towns,” the researchers wrote.media that parties have continued throughout the summer near fraternity row at Western Michigan University.
Johnson said that is exactly what happened at the University of Washington this summer. He said the school’s 25 fraternities have not been having parties or large social gatherings since the virus began circulating on the West Coast this spring, which forced the university to shut down. “We think in that age group only a small number will become seriously ill from coronavirus,” Russo said. “But if you have thousands of people infected, unfortunately some of these young adults are still going to have a bad outcome.”Although the covid-19 death rate among people ages 18 to 29 is very low, Russo said, students are almost certainly going to interact with university staff and faculty who could be more vulnerable, as well as parents and grandparents.
Penn State’s Interfraternity Council voted Tuesday to halt all social activities indefinitely. The vote came after a 21-year-old student at the university died of coronavirus complications last month shortly after he returned home to eastern Pennsylvania. The student was not a member of a fraternity, but his death was jarring to university officials and student leaders as they prepare to resume classes in the fall.
One aspect of sorority and fraternity life at U-Va. that may be advantageous is that the recruitment of new members — or rush — does not occur until spring. And many of the organizations have said they will recruit new members online rather than through parties or social gatherings.
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