Update September 30, 2008: Sanctions Modified
Campus paper reports:
http://www.utulsa.edu/collegian/arti...p?article=3803
Excerpt from article:
. . . “The sanctions that were previously placed were not working, and therefore they were scrapped and revised,” said Alyson Garrison, the program advisor for Greek life.
Now, if a fraternity violates TU alcohol policy, they will have next year’s pledge class cut by 33 percent.
If a second violation occurs, the pledge class will be reduced by 50 percent.
A third will make the fraternity not recognized on campus for two years.
These sanctions do not apply only to the fraternities housed on fraternity row. All of the members of the Interfraternity Council (IFC), the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) are bound by the new rules.
I guess we'll have to see if these new rules are effective. However, it seems to me that making the "consequences" apply to next year's pledge class size is, maybe, risky. Next year is a long time in the future for many college-age students, and it might be unrealistic to expect GLOs to think seriously about something months and months ahead when they're doing party / event planning in the here and now.
Time will tell, I suppose.