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Originally posted by alphaalpha
Quick Question:
Here is the situation
If a chapter is not recognized by the university for a specific period of time, lets say Jan to Dec 31, 2005. The sorority was a recognized colonized chapter but got penalized for some time of infraction. Now this sorority has a house that is considered off campus, freshman have to live in the dorms and can not live in the sorority house.
So, here is the question:
Can this sorority members
1) live in the house,
2) still behave as a chapter as in have in house sisterhood events, ect, even though they may not particpate in campus activities like greek week (for example)
3) have ritual (again in house) say like members going through active to alumni ceremony.
Would these activities be considered an underground chapter, cause they are not recognized by the university, until their probation is over?
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From the experiences I have had, most of those kind of groups are simply considered "unrecognized" from the University's perspective. They usually are barred from participating in recruitment for x amount of time due to some infraction. I know at the UW, the University lists these type of situations on the Greek Life website. The chapter still exists, but isn't recognized (usually for a year's time). When the time is up, all recognition is restored. At the same time, they are probably on some form of probation with their International org. But they are still an official chapter.