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Originally Posted by AlphaXi4983
This is not a new problem at Towson. It was a problem when I pledged, it was a problem before I was there, it was a widely known (within the greek system) problem when I was active, it's just that no one did anything about it. One of my sisters was rushed to the hospital on Bid Day for almost the exact same reasons as we saw this Bid Day. It was common knowledge that Rho Chis showed up to the field drunk, many of the sisters drank before and I'm sure there were even pledges that did the same. I know of at least once incident where sisters of one of the sororities would drink in the garage before bid day and not even get caught. The girls knew it was wrong - they're not stupid, they just don't expect to get caught becuase Towson has been, in my opinion, notoriously flawed in dealing with issues in the Greek system unless the national gets involved.
The reason they got caught this time? They were stupid enough to post pictures of themselves drinking on Bid Night on Facebook. Really now - how dumb can you be? We were always told that any Bid Day activities were to be dry. The rush process is going to be dry. Did people drink? Yes. But we didn't have Facebook to post it on. They were wrong. They know it. They're just pissed they got caught and called out on it. And I'm not just talking about the 5 on probation - I'm talking about all 8, my chapter included. Kudos to Towson for finally having the balls to act. I whole-heartedly support their decisions.
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I'm sorry, but I have a giant problem giving "kudos" to a school that knew this was going on for years, to the point of people getting rushed to the hospital, and the only reason they used any discipline is because pictures showed up on Facebook. That sounds an awful lot like "do things that might be injurious to yourselves or others, things that are against your national rules, as long as you don't embarrass the school."
AOII Angel, I agree w/ everything you said.