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Preference

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This book ends with an examination of what happened when sorority and fraternity houses were shuttered, and their organizations’ programming moved online. The Coronavirus-19 pandemic upended society by essentially shutting it down for a season. Running alongside the ongoing concerns about public health was a parallel concern about the mental health of young adults. As experts in the relationship business, sororities and fraternities were uniquely poised to provide college students with what they most craved: peer friendship. Taking a close look at sorority and fraternity life in the time of COVID reveals fascinating insights into the allure of these organizations at the same time as it allows society to imagine a world without them. The global pandemic, I argue, doesn’t make a case on whether these organizations should stay or go, but rather, fundamentally changes the question to something that might have an easier answer.

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APA 7

Mathews, J. (2022). Preference. University of North Carolina Press eBooks, 233–246. https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469672106.003.0010

MLA 9

Mathews, Jana. “Preference.” University of North Carolina Press eBooks, 2022, pp. 233–46, https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469672106.003.0010.

Chicago

Mathews, Jana. 2022. “Preference.” University of North Carolina Press eBooks: 233–46. https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469672106.003.0010.

Harvard

Mathews, J. (2022) ‘Preference’, University of North Carolina Press eBooks, pp. 233–246. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469672106.003.0010.

BibTeX

@incollection{mathews2022preference,
  title = {{Preference}},
  author = {Mathews, Jana},
  booktitle = {University of North Carolina Press eBooks},
  pages = {233--246},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.5149/northcarolina/9781469672106.003.0010}
}

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