Fraternities and sororities at the University of British Columbia have been ordered to remove all discriminatory clauses from their charters on pain of being barred from the campus.
The order was adopted at a general meeting of the student body. Backers of the move said groups which barred members on racial or religious grounds have no place in a university.
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