Dutch Fraternities Are Booming as European Counterparts Shrink

Beer and study are an irresistible draw to the Netherlands' fraternal groups

Even on a Monday evening, the atmosphere at the clubhouse of the Amsterdam Student Corps, one of the Netherlands' nine associations of fraternities and sororities is heating up. Hundreds of students are crowded into the wood-floored beer hall.

Suddenly, at one end of the large room, a shoving match breaks out among young men in sports jackets and ties, as members of one fraternity try to capture an

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