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Originally Posted by stufield
,Having said that, however, LaneSig's attempted distinction between Sigma Chi's unrecognized colony at GMU and Kappa Sig's at FGCU is an artificial one. While the distinction he makes is valid, the facts of the matter are that both fraternities were not invited by the respective schools to colonize there at that time, but both have colonized there anyway, and both colonies are recognized by their respective fraternities. Furthermore, both fraternities also have colonies at other schools at which those colonies are not officially recognized by those schools' respective administrations and/or IFCs, as do a number of other fraternities (and perhaps sororities as well). Those fraternities all regard such unwillingness to extend recognition as an interference with their groups' rights of free association.
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Thank you for your thoughtful insight. Please know that I am in no way attempting to discredit Kappa Sigma as an organization. If it has appeared that way, I do apologize.
However, where the matter of our George Mason University chapter is concerned, I do know of where I speak. The Iota Xi chapter was colonized with the full approval of GMU. It is the result of later actions that led to the chapter being banned from GMU for 10 years, but still recognized by our HQ.
http://www.corsulian.com/wiki/index.php/%ce%a3%ce%a7
I knew of the GMU case, but found this article that will back up my statements. Admittingly, the article does not make the chapter look good, but it also shows that we are/were not in the same situation that Kappa Sigma currently finds themselves in with Florida Gulf Coast University.