Alabama - Sororities Told to Increase Diversity - NYTimes.com The University of Alabama said on Monday that its traditionally white sororities had been ordered to extend their recruitment efforts after the school came under withering criticism for racial bias by its Greek organizations. The university said in a statement that President Judy L. Bonner had told the social groups to use a process that allows the organizations to accept new members after the traditional sorority rush as part of a push "to remove barriers in order to increase diversity in our sororities." The university drew attention last week after a member of the Tuscaloosa campus's Alpha Gamma Delta chapter told the student newspaper, The Crimson White, that the sorority had considered race when it denied admission to a black woman with a sterling academic record and close familial ties to Alabama. Members of other sororities recounted similar experiences, though they did so anonymously.