COLGATE GROUP PLANS RALLY; PETITION DRIVE, PROTEST WILL FIGHT PLANNED TAKEOVER OF FRATERNITY, SORORITY HOUSES.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: April 7, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Glenn Coin Staff writer

Colgate University students upset at the college's plans to control fraternity and sorority houses have launched a petition drive and plan to hold a rally Tuesday.

A group calling itself the Freedom of Association Coalition for Truth says the university is violating the First Amendment by refusing to allow students to assemble. If the fraternities and sororities don't sell their houses to the college, college officials say they...

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