Bard Early College Student Alisa Nudar Published in Ms. Magazine
A table of BHSEC students. Photo courtesy of BHSEC Queens
Alisa Nudar, a year two student at Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Queens, coauthored an editorial in Ms. Magazine about student protests over fraternities and all-male groups on college campuses. Nudar and her coauthor Carrie N. Baker write about the negative effects the federal government’s rollback of Title IX protections has had on survivors of sexual assault. “As student protests roil college campuses nationwide over the Cornell case, a growing number are demanding an end to fraternities and other all-male groups [or] calling for the abolition of Greek life altogether,” they write. The article highlights student-run campus papers like the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bell and the Cornell Daily Sun, who have covered this story and made arguments against Greek life.
However, Nudar and Baker write that abolishing fraternities without taking other steps to curb sexual violence may just relocate sexual assault off campus. “Universities must also hold themselves accountable, with transparent, trauma-informed Title IX reporting systems, independent advocates for survivors and regular campus climate surveys to track progress,” they add. But they say these measures are undercut by the administration’s new Title IX rules, which establish a narrower definition of harassment and more evidence needed to prove it. They call for new legislators to “pass legislation establishing clear, consistent federal standards for how universities must investigate, adjudicate and prevent sexual assault … to finally push schools to end campus sexual violence against women.”
Nudar attends Bard Early College, a multi-campus network with nine degree-granting campuses established to provide adolescents in American public school systems with the chance to go farther and faster than the status quo allows.
Post Date: 11-12-2026
However, Nudar and Baker write that abolishing fraternities without taking other steps to curb sexual violence may just relocate sexual assault off campus. “Universities must also hold themselves accountable, with transparent, trauma-informed Title IX reporting systems, independent advocates for survivors and regular campus climate surveys to track progress,” they add. But they say these measures are undercut by the administration’s new Title IX rules, which establish a narrower definition of harassment and more evidence needed to prove it. They call for new legislators to “pass legislation establishing clear, consistent federal standards for how universities must investigate, adjudicate and prevent sexual assault … to finally push schools to end campus sexual violence against women.”
Nudar attends Bard Early College, a multi-campus network with nine degree-granting campuses established to provide adolescents in American public school systems with the chance to go farther and faster than the status quo allows.
Post Date: 11-12-2026