Time will tell!

SDSU Pree Update
 

Giving power to the man, I pass along a couple of updates I've seen online. First, here's this.

Remember how originally, six fraternities were on interim suspension for all this negative activity? Well, today, three of those fraternities (not including Lambda Chi Alpha) have been taken off suspension. The reasons listed were because the actions were conducted by inactive members or those living outside the chapter houses. If I'm understanding this report correctly, and I won't say with certainty that I am, Lambda Chi Alpha has thur far been kept on the "interim suspension" list, because involved members must have been active in-housers. No more specifics provided.

Secondly, there's this: the NIC (North-American Interfraternity Council)'s position statement of the going-ons out west. I commend THEM for taking the position of ensuring the best fraternal experience of all Greek members, by reminding us all of the detracting relationship this kind of activity has on our core values.

As far as I'm concerned it's too early to commend anyone for anything. After the big headlines were splashed all over TV, the newspapers, and the Internet, we still don't know who supposedly was in possession of what. Funny how they're so closed-mouthed now on the specifics.

Out of 96 people arrested, only 75 were students. According to reports, 4.5 lbs of cocaine and 50lbs of marijuana were confiscated. But with 21 non-students arrested on the same night we don't know how much was even on campus. Why all of a sudden is this a big secret?

Time will tell? Too late - the headlines already told. Mission accomplished.

www.sdsu.edu/information

The latest update.

Reported that the LXA Chapter has been suspended and can return in 4 years.

To sad, but the price has to be paid by all, not just the ones involved.

Here's a condensed version of what I read today:

"Two fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Sigma Phi, were expelled yesterday for alcohol and hazing violations, respectively. Meanwhile, Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Chi are on interim suspension after the drug investigation. Lambda Chi Alpha was expelled for violating the terms of its interim suspension by having alcohol at a social function when a fraternity member living in an apartment on Fraternity Row had an unauthorized party."

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...1m23frats.html

I am saddened even more if a private apartment lived in by a member was the major reason, I find this a bit over the top for suppension and for four years to boot.

There is less and lesss tolerence any more. When will be quit being social organizarions?

From Channel 10/San Diego...

"The revocation of official school-recognized status for Delta Sigma Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha are unrelated to this month's large-scale campus narcotics crackdown, which resulted in the arrests of scores of students, SDSU spokeswoman Lorena Nava said."

Gee, isn't that making us all feel better????????

SDSU had other problems
 

There had been an alcohol incident a couple of months ago that resulted in someone falling from a balcony. SDSU was subject to University discipline as a result of that risk management violation and they could well have been shut down as a result of that prior event. When the drug issue is added to the mix the closure is understandable.

Interesting news re SDSU drug raids
 

From the Illinois State paper . . .

Although the DEA reported 96 arrests in their press conference the day of the raids at SDSU, May 6, that figure included all drug-related arrests/citations of students for the entire year, including students charged with possession of marijuana in the residence halls. Approximately 37 students (reports from different sources vary slightly) were arrested as part of the actual University Police/DEA operation (18 on the day of the raids), 14 of whom were current or former members of fraternities. Six fraternities who had at least one member with a felony arrest (primarily drug sales) were placed on interim suspension. An interim suspension is not a finding of responsibility; it is a temporary denial of campus privileges while an investigation is in progress. Some of the interim suspensions were lifted because of a lack of evidence of organizational complicity; two chapters, Phi Kappa Psi and Theta Chi, remain on interim suspension pending the outcome of campus judicial investigations and hearings.

So am I correct in my understanding that the Lambda Chi chapter is more or less "unscathed" by the incident?

Going "unscathed" would be relative in this case.

Unscathed legally, maybe.

Unscathed in the public eye and in reputation, no way.

The chapter at SDSU is closed. There had been a prior risk management issue that had resulted in a university investigation that had been pending when the drug bust took place. We may well have had someone arrested in the drug raids. But the risk management issues were at the heart of the closure.

How many times has that chapter been shut down? I was at SDSU in 1998 or so when UTEP played SDSU in Qualcomm/Jack Murphy/whatever they call it now Stadium and there was no Lambda Chi chapter then.

I see the SDSU chapter won a few awards according to the new electronic Cross & Crescent. Are they still around?