Editing Stanford University (section)

=== Greek life ===
Fraternities and sororities have been active on the Stanford campus since 1891 when the university first opened. In 1944, University President [[Donald Tresidder]] banned all Stanford sororities due to extreme competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stanford.kappa.org/chapter-history |title=Kappa Kappa Gamma – Beta Eta Deuteron History |publisher=kappakappagamma.org |date= |access-date=May 11, 2021}}</ref> However, following [[Title IX]], the Board of Trustees lifted the 33-year ban on sororities in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/chiomega/cgi-bin/history.php |title=Chi Omega – Nu Alpha – History |website=Cgi.stanford.edu |access-date=September 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120104456/http://cgi.stanford.edu/group/chiomega/cgi-bin/history.php |archive-date=January 20, 2013}}</ref> Students are not permitted to join a fraternity or sorority until spring quarter of their freshman year.<ref name="greek-faq">{{cite web |title=Frequently Asked Questions |url=https://resx.stanford.edu/news-values/faq/recruitment-and-intake/frequently-asked |website=Stanford Residential Education |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=May 12, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Stanford has thirty-one Greek organizations, including fourteen sororities and sixteen fraternities. Nine of the Greek organizations were housed (eight in University-owned houses and one, [[Sigma Chi]], in their own house, although the land is owned by the university).<ref name="daily-summer-chi">{{cite news |last1=Soong-Shiong |first1=Nika |title=Life at Summer Chi |url=http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/08/23/life-at-summer-chi/ |access-date=June 17, 2016 |work=Stanford Daily |date=August 23, 2013}}</ref> Five chapters were members of the African American Fraternal and Sororal Association, eleven chapters were members of the Interfraternity Council, seven chapters belonged to the Intersorority Council, and six chapters belonged to the Multicultural Greek Council.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resed.stanford.edu/residences/fsl-organizations |title=FSL Organizations |publisher=Stanford University |access-date=June 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611030246/https://resed.stanford.edu/residences/fsl-organizations |url-status=dead}}</ref>