[jaynu]

EE-Bo, I'm not defending Lambda Phi Epsilon's act in anyway. What I am trying to say is that you're lumping in a wide range of organizations that are mostly (even YOUNGER than LPHIE), if not all, less than a decade old.

Incidents have happened with recognized organizations. If you're from the UT Austin, I'm sure you know of the guy buried alive in a casket (no need to list names).

Anyhow, it's a bit easy for you to attack the smaller organizations because we aren't recognized or 'organized with guidance.' I can assure you my organization is getting there as well as the other AGLOs on campus. The Texas Asian Pan-Hellenic Council was always designed for women as far as I understood, and close contacts with them tells me they'll be opening to Asian fraternities so I am doing my homework. My main point is incidents don't make you look bad only or the organizations that stand 100+ years strong; they affect other AGLOs also, ones that do plan to join councils in their near future.

How about the other councils? Believe me! We've looked into that also, but such councils do not serve a purpose to help us. For example, several councils would not allow its members to flyer in Jester and West Mall, one of the main ways we recruit our members. This policy would do a lot more well with established organizations that are already known through a much longer period of time. So yes, we have been looking... just for the right one that suits who we are as a newer organization. We've also looked into making our own council and have the other respectable AGLOs join (not racially bound, just because most likely, they're not in one yet either). We also participate with GLE on campus to learn about all of the issues such as hazing and risk-mgmt. so it's not like we're just random guys who wear Greek letters to bring the system's image down. Just want to make that clear.