[john1082]

I, too, get the Yahoo news briefs for LXA. But there is far more news out there than Yahoo reports. Yahoo does miss news - both bad AND good news. We have to have both to keep track of what is going on within the Brotherhood.

Members of the GHZ drop by once in a while - actually, I suspect that they lurk more than we know. If they read something here that warrants attention by staff members in Indy or by the GHZ there is a fiduciary duty to report the bad (and good) news to the appropriate folks. We're not hiding much. Indy gets those same Yahoo alerts.

If the Zeta at Georgia has 100 members and 11 were arrested in any one year, that tells me that there is something wrong at Georgia. Perhaps not within our chapter, but somewhere on campus and within the Greek environment there. Gang, that is an 11% arrest rate!

The local authorities may be applying special emphasis on the Greeks. It has been known to happen. We had that at Fullerton - we can discuss this off-line. If there is special emphasis on Greeks then our Brothers of the Peach State must figure out how to keep a low profile and not allow a situation to develop that would lead to an arrest. That's life. Learn how to adapt.

These numbers should scare the High Zeta at Georgia, from the High Alpha all the way to the guy who picks up after the house mascot dog. If the Executive Committee at Georgia will not or cannot cool the situation down then the General Fraternity will, and must step in to clean up the mess. In many Zetas an arrest would be more or less automatic expulsion. What is going on at Georgia?

We have many obligations as members of the Bond. One, whether stated or unstated, is to ensure that there is a Zeta at a campus because only then can young men, whom we have never met, discover what we have found within the Brotherhood. If we must exercise greater control over a Zeta then it is, unfortunately, what we must do. Been there, done that. And, oh yes, these numbers WILL make it to parents when Rush is discussed.

If I were the king I would call the Greek affairs advisor and set up an appointment for either myself or the Exec. VP, or perhaps both, and go down there and see WTF is going on. A meeting with the Zeta would also be in store. I want to know why 11 young men were taken into custody and what is being done about it.