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Originally Posted by KSigAdvisor
In case you don't understand and you are already formulating responses in your heads, please keep reading- the IFC can do whatever it wants. IFC is a voluntary organization comprised of the fraternities on campus. IFC does not have to allow Kappa Sigma into IFC. It can write up any rules it would like, and the current members, as they did on March 24th, can hold a closed ballot (secret, and very weak) vote and exclude Kappa Sigma from joining. FGCU, however, as a public institution, is legally bound to provide Kappa Sigma with the same liberties it affords to the other fraternities already on campus, which includes providing meeting space on campus. FGCU cannot infringe upon our civil liberties merely because some of the students on campus (IFC) don't want us on campus. This will be remedied, I promise you. FGCU has no legal ground to stand upon, but I can't get into it any further.
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No. Epic fail.
A public institution cannot suspend or discipline students for joining the org, but it is not "legally bound" to provide a group that they didn't invite or approve with meeting spaces, mail privileges etc. Your argument will open the doors to Hitler Youth Corps, Greenpeace, JC Chasez Fan Club demanding space on campuses even if they don't meet the definition of a registered student org.
You obviously aren't in favor of civil liberties for students, since the students in charge of your particular IFC DID vote, and they voted that they didn't want you on campus. If they (as you allege) voted against their national orgs because they thought it was the wrong thing for the campus and because y'all were douches...well, more power to them. I'm sure there are times when students are buffaloed into things they don't want to do by the higher ups, good to see someone standing up to it.
Form the colony as an off campus group and go about your business. Most likely, if you hang in there, you will eventually be approved as a registered student org/IFC member - but not if you keep whining and stamping your feet and singing "don't care how I WANT IT NOW!!"
Honestly, you guys all need to STOP POSTING. You sound like a bunch of spoiled brats.