SAE Suspended at Colorado State
 

According to local TV, the SAE chapter at Colorado State has been suspended after an underage woman was taken to the hospital with alcohol poisoning. She was allegedly drinking at the SAE house in Ft. Collins, which is supposed to be "dry."

The university and the fraternity are investigating to see if only one member of the chapter -- or more -- may have given the woman alcohol, and also whether she was anywhere else where she might have been drinking before going to the house, according to a fraternity official.

This is a particularly touchy subject at CSU because of the death of Samatha Spady last year.

Links:
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs....73258082159191

http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_4398223

http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4401477

http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com
Sad news with a new chapter just opening up near by:
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/artman/...v4082806.shtml

Update: Six Double Shots in About 30 Minutes for 17-year-old

Channel 7 in Denver has some more details:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...77/detail.html

Brief excerpt from longer story:

A college freshman girl who went to the hospital after drinking alcohol had 12 shots of hard liquor at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a recruitment party, according to a Colorado State University report.
The 17-year-old girl described having six double shots of rum and whiskey within about 30 minutes, according to a report prepared by Anne Hudgens, the school's executive director of campus life. . . .

So I'm pretty sure Coloradoans are the worst partyers ever. They get caught for everything.

It's pretty tough not to get caught after the deaths on the Ft. Collins and Boulder campuses.

If I understood the story on TV news this evening, the CSU IFC has recommended that SAE be decertified.

They allegedly have a campus wide reputation for ignoring the dry housing rule adopted after the Samatha Spady death.

ETA, given the Spady situation and the other Colorado situations, how stupid would you have to be in a "dry" house to have forty people drinking, and giving an underage woman six double shots of hard liquor in the course of a half hour?

Actually, just the amount of liquor given to an inexperienced drinker in that time frame. It's probably pretty lucky that this young woman lived.

SAE was in the homecoming parade on Saturday - and had large letters on the front lawn....what gives? Are they a chapter still or not?

Also, what happened to Kappa Alpha Theta? BIG house, no letters, but a CSU Housing banner on it now? Did I miss ANOTHER CSU chapter going under?

Both SAE and KAT are still listed on CSU's Greek pages:
http://www.csugreeks.com/chapter_directory.htm :confused:

However, just found this update in local paper:
Greeks want SAE booted
http://media.www.collegian.com/media...epublisher.com

And this on the Theta's:
http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com

http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com

http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com

Even more on this and the Greek system in general in search area:
http://www.collegian.com/home/index....D%3A1%3B&hl=en

Delta;
I do agree with your posting. While looking up information on another posting, found this rather interesting letter to editor which is also saddly true:
http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com

Jon,

Good post, but while we all know it's true, it doesn't excuse the alleged fact that the drinking did happen in what is supposed to be a dry house and the alcohol was provided by people who should know better (I assume SAE has an alcohol awareness program).

ETA, after going back and reading the original story, it appears that the young woman was transported by ambulance from her dorm, not the SAE House:

"Ann Hudgens, executive director of campus life, who is responsible for overseeing the affairs of the Greek system, confirmed Tuesday that the student was transported by ambulance on the evening of Sept. 16 from her residence hall.

"It is my understanding that an ambulance run did occur, but not from the SAE house itself," Hudgens said."

Two other things to touch on. I recall that initially campus authorities were investigating to see if the woman might have been drinking in other places before and/or after the SAE House -- which is good in that they aren't simply on a fraternity witch hunt.

Second, it appears from one of the links Jon supplied that there is/was a grace period during which the chapter could appeal which could account for the Homecoming Parade appearance.

<i>They allegedly have a campus wide reputation for ignoring the dry housing rule adopted after the Samatha Spady death.</i>

Unfortunately, true even before the Spady incident, in fact, there was some rumor that LXA was shut down for Risk Management Issues due to something that actually happened at SAE, but could not be proven.

They have a long standing history of pushing the envelope, if not outright ignoring of the rules.

It seems to happen to many times on this campus.

This has been discussed many times!

The School has an agenda. It seems to be working well with the Greeks there just playing into their hands for stupidity!:mad:

Of course Co. Cannot control anything when it comes to sports either!:o

Sigma Alpha Epsilon Closes Colorado State Chapter

According to the October 23 Denver Post, SAE HQ is closing the Colorado State chapter. The article indicates that a return to campus might be possible in a couple of years.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_4536869

So sad to get a final word on this.

But, it seems that if they had a house, the Un. will soon buy it whether they try to come back in a few years.

Always tough to come back with no housing even though a big name Fraternity.:(

The October 23 Rocky Mountain Collegian has an article about the reputation, and quotes some opinions:

http://www.collegian.com/media/stora....collegian.com

The fact I have to be associated with them bothers me. It ruins our image," Prosser said. "I feel sorry for the Greek system right now."


Well bless his heart.