That collegiate student-athletes often gravitate towards fraternity life is hardly a revelation. Nor, indeed, is the revelation that certain sports tend to be associated with certain fraternities. Nonetheless, perhaps starved for news, The Dartmouth has run a story detailing the various affiliations on their campus, perhaps hoping to serve as a useful guide for party-hopping independents. As a precis of their rundown, Alpha Delta leads the pack with the lion's share of soccer players, followed by Beta Alpha Omega and Gamma Delta Chi with footballers, Theta Delta Chi, and the strangely named local fraternity Chi Heorot, a former chapter of Chi Phi, with a monopoly on alpine skiers. (Only in New Hampshire could that be considered a major varsity sport.) In the middle of the pack for athletic representation are Chi Gamma Epsilon and Psi Upsilon, while a great number cluster at the presumably couch-potato-oriented shallow end—though The Dartmouth singles out Sigma Phi Epsilon for special ignominy at "the lower end of the athletic spectrum," since their ultimate frisbee players are not counted. Probably the right decision, statistically speaking.
All fraternities, of course, say their admissions process is purely meritorious, and any association with a particular sport is purely the result of self-selection. “More than anything, we look for well-rounded guys,” said the president of Beta Alpha Omega, adding “character guys—guys who we know will get along well with other guys, and guys who are genuine.” For those captivated by the subject of frats and sports at Dartmouth, a second feature in the series is promised soon.
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