A little more about the Delta Chi motel incident:
http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb...to-re-recruit/
Excerpt from the article:
. . . The new members who were arrested visited the Super 8 Motel on Tuesday and apologized, said motel manager Vincent Chung.
"They felt very sorry," Chung said. "They said their parents are willing to pay."
He said the damage amounts to almost $20,000.
"It's bad," Chung said. "I've never seen that kind of vandalism."
But, Chung said, he accepted the students' apology.
"I can understand that they are kids," he said. "They drink and stuff." . . .
Let’s do the math. Nine arrested, “almost $20,000” damages (alleged / estimated) = approximately $2200 per set of parents. For some parents that could be a true burden; for others, it might not even be noticeable.
EDITED TO ADD:
Is it a relatively slow news day or what? The story is featured on the ABC News main site, as well as on the site of WCBS, the flagship New York CBS outlet.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4316184&page=1
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/delta.c....2.658770.html