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Good article.
To be clear, I understand and support members of a chapter (even the whole chapter) that might disaffiliate from their inter/national fraternity because they no longer feel "connected" to it. Hell, Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded after six members of Delta Kappa Epsilon's Miami chapter resigned. I do want to add that Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded with the concept of being a national fraternity and not a "rouge" chapter of Deke at Miami. And no, I don't feel that any disaffiliated group needs to do that (i.e. be national).
However, just because a group does not want to abide by campus rules, they should not be given a free pass. They can work to change the campus culture. And if the campus decides to change their rules, then great. But if not, then the group needs to either adapt or stay off campus. By "off campus" I mean not recognized nor have any of the rights and privileges afforded recognized campus groups.
I am still curious what the situation is like where there is both a disaffiliated group and the chapter and both are recognized by the campus.
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