Hello all-
I am writing this post in response to all of the previous posts on this thread, not to voice an opinion, because most of you have already voiced the same opinions I have, but to ask for help. I am a Kappa Psi Upsilon brother here at Alfred University. We are a local fraternity, one of 5 GLO's that are local.
While Alfred University is predominantly a private university, we are funded in part by the federal government. This brings up many questions, many of which noone that I have spoken with know the answers to. I have read all of the previous posts, and while some touch on the subject, none fully explain what can happen. My understanding is that they can not prohibit us from wearing letters on campus, or prohibit us from congregating as an organization off campus. While I am not sure that they are going to try and do this, it seems as if it is implied in the Press Release that was made public Monday at 2:00 pm. While the press release says that they wanted to give the students the consideration of knowing before the general public (not the exact wording, I know), this is false. The press release was emailed to the entire AU student population at 4:23 pm, on Monday.
I also have a question regarding what the university can do to us greeks that do not listen to the university. I can give you an example. We own our house, which is off campus, and have owned it since 1927. Is it legally possible for the university to prohibit us from living in the house that we own a part of as it seems they are going to try and do?
Now here is my request, while it may not be a reasonable one, I am wondering if there are supporters out there that would like to voice their opinions to Alfred University. While this might not do anything, there is a possibility that it might do something. If you would like to voice your opinion to the President of Alfred University, Charles Edmondson, his e-mail address is
edmondson@alfred.edu. If you do choose to voice your opinion, I would appreciate a CC to my account, because I am interested to know how many people are writing him. I apologize for the length of this post.