Iota President @ SIUE held under $1 million bond.
 

http://media.www.thealestle.com/medi...-2927179.shtml

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...t_N.htm?csp=34

:eek:

In a post-Virginia Tech world, I am glad that the authorities are being harsh on such things.

How did an undeclared freshman become President of a Greek organization?! That has to be a typo/error.

That was the first thing that stuck out to me as well.

Freshman by hours? Yeah I don't know how that works either, and SIUE doesn't do anything funny with their class ranking either I don't think.

Speculation..... he may have pledged as a second semester freshman and no one else is left in the chapter, so he is President by default. Iota chapters tend to be small.

ETA: And he's "still" a freshman because maybe he failed some classes.

I think the article said he was on academic suspension...

Where's Starang? He's an Iota isn't he?

When I first read the headline, I thought they meant the national organization's president, which he's NOT.

It's a strange story by any measure, but it seems much easier to understand how he might have become president if he is one of the very few members of a particular chapter.

What a shame that people are emphasizing his Greek affiliation in coverage of the story. What's up with that?

ETA: I admit that I didn't know was SIUE was, and the headline of the first story doesn't tip it off.

In my opinion, to the average reader of the news, i think "fraternity chapter president" makes a more compelling story than "average slacker" which seems to be more accurate. I'd expect something similar if he was captain of a sports team.

Why did you post that here and not in the Iota forum? Better yet, why did you, an Omega, post it at all? Lastly, if it had been an Omega would you have posted it?

Ditto....

But from what I understand they were pretty active at both SIUs.

If he was a Que, would I have posted it?--yeah. Where to post it? That's a call I made. It's not really an "Iota" story per se. That aspect is just a journalistic angle, I suppose. Maybe it should have gone in the general news section. Moreover, though, by posting something about someone in an organization is not necessarily casting aspersions on an organization. For every story about some Greek doing something good or ill, it can replicated in every group. One thing I was interested in doing was starting some dialogue about why the story was framed as it was. I originally saw this story on a Greek News website. This was the major reason why I put it here, esp. after I saw the threads about the TV show on the ABC Family Channel. That's more frivolous; this is more important as a way of possibly delving into issues about perceptions about Greek Life in the broader world.

Woah now, I think this is a pretty big news story that could end up affecting ALL Greeks. I don't think it's inappropriate for him to post it in the general fourms. If the Iotas want to start their own discussion about it, they will. And if the Que didn't post it, someone else would have anyway. This isn't something that's going to end up hush-hush.