Following the death of a pledge...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ans-greek-life-after-student-death/836890001/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ans-greek-life-after-student-death/836890001/
OT: FSU shutting down Greeks ......
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anon_xdc8rmuek44eq
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Will anyone miss them? I mean, plenty of places to party/get drunk.
Hat tip to FSU's president, he clearly has the courage and judgment that his predecessor lacks
The people that feel the need to pay and be humiliated for friends and "brotherhood".
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anon_xdc8rmuek44eq
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At least then it'll be to get drunk or laid - not to 'fit in' or as some part of a meaningless initiation.
From the above link:
"All fraternity and sorority chapters are prohibited from holding new member events, chapter meetings, chapter organized tailgates, socials, philanthropy, retreats, intramurals and organized participation in Market Wednesday and Homecoming,
A ban on alcohol has also been issued at all Recognized Student Organization events during the interim suspension."
Stiff, but it's not as though they have been shut down completely, as in everyone forced to move out and the houses locked up. Nevertheless, this is a strong move by fsu.
"All fraternity and sorority chapters are prohibited from holding new member events, chapter meetings, chapter organized tailgates, socials, philanthropy, retreats, intramurals and organized participation in Market Wednesday and Homecoming,
A ban on alcohol has also been issued at all Recognized Student Organization events during the interim suspension."
Stiff, but it's not as though they have been shut down completely, as in everyone forced to move out and the houses locked up. Nevertheless, this is a strong move by fsu.
I am in favor of freedom, and for punishing the guilty. Guess that's old fashioned.
Why do they need to be affiliated with the university anyway? At PSU, the vast majority of houses are off campus. Not sure why the university has to have an affiliation in the first place. What separates the frat from say the lacrosse house? Or just a house full of dudes?
Simple, the university chooses to accept liability for the fraternities -- with zero benefit in return -- whereas they do not for the house of dudes
And of course the former requires hiring expensive mindless drone administrators
this is a suspension....no way they shut all of them down...prob be a couple weeks and then back to normal
State College recently passed law stating that fraternity houses that lose PSU recognition cannot be operated as boarding houses as area is zoned fraternity only. Property values of those houses would crash.
Think you are probably a little off on that one. I have never heard of a "fraternity only" zoning classification. Rather, the typical college town zones fraternity house and sorority house uses as "permitted non-confirming uses," conditioning the permitted use on continued university recognition of the fraternity or sorority that owns the chapter house in question. This gives the university considerable leverage when it threatens to revoke (as opposed to suspend) recognition of a given fraternity or sorority.
But even then, the value of the subject property would likely not crash. Not if there was a decent market for multi tenant housing in the immediate vicinity. Fraternity and sorority houses can typically be converted to apartment houses pretty quickly and easily.
