[DeltAlum]

Ummmm, well, Max,

The way I read the articles and releases, the university isn't trying to do any of the things you address.

They're simply saying that the Greek System is no longer recognized by the university. In one article I read in Fraternal News (I think it was a NY Times article), it would appear that they're even considering how to deal with a situation where students would continue to live in their houses. They seem to be saying that if a student has spent his/her two required years in university housing, they can live anywhere they want with whomever they want.

Where did you hear that they will ban the wearing of letters? I didn't see that anywhere.

I haven't read anything about the administration trying to limit "association." First of all, that's not even possible. Again, they're just not going to officially recognize any Greek Letter Organization. They can certainly not allow GLO's to use university facilities. That's private property. And, I think they can probably stop the posting of rush posters on university property for the same reason. Granted, that would be hard to enforce, short of simply taking down anything that is posted as soon as it is put up. Of course there is nothing anyone can do about mailing rush literature -- and nowhere do I see any mention of trying that.

Here's my point. None of us like what is going on here, but short of the GLO's continuing to exist "off campus," there's not much we can do about the university's policy.

What will be interesting is to see whether the national organizations will continue to sanction a chapter that is not recognized by the university.

Rhetoric about Constitutional Rights doesn't really add to any solution here. The involved students can either live with the spirit of the new rules, continue to function as a non recognized outside organization, petition to somehow get the Board of Trustees to reverse its decision or go elsewhere to school.

I suspect that winning any kind of potential lawsuit would be pretty tough, because it would appear that the Trustees are well within their rights to run their business (the University) as they see fit. I highly doubt that they would have taken these steps without being on pretty firm legal ground.