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Originally posted by madmax
The DZ chapter at Alfred is not jumping ship. It is the DZ national HQ that is pulling the plug on them.
Let me turn your loving the organization and what it stands for speech around. If your National HQ loves it's members and what they stand for, then why are they pulling the plug on a group of girls that has done nothing wrong?
If the current sisters start a local sorority, can't there still be an alumni chapter of DZ?
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Think about this for a minute... Here you have a group of initiated Delta Zeta women who are no longer allowed to participate as a collegiate sorority chapter on their campus because their school administration has banned Greek Life. Now, let's say that the girls decide to start their own local group. Because it's local, NPC rules and regulations don't apply to it -- which means that alcohol and hazing policies don't apply to it. Which means that the girls have no one above them anymore to enforce the standards that Delta Zeta was founded upon, or to insure that they don't do anything that could cause harm to themselves or others during a local group event.
Delta Zeta Headquarters could be opening itself up to major liability issues -- not to mention potential negative publicity -- if these girls decided to do something that went against NPC, DZ, and/or Alfred University policy and HQ was still backing the girls as Delta Zetas. Do you see what I mean? I'm not saying that the girls WOULD do anything to hurt the organization, but the possibility is definitely there when no rules are in place.
Let's be very, very clear here. Delta Zeta is NOT pulling the plug on the girls at Alfred University. Alfred University administrators are pulling the plug, and unless the decision is overturned then Delta Zeta HQ has no choice but to respect the University's decision. I'm not saying that the University made the right call. Personally, I think the whole thing sucks, and I'm pretty outraged by the decision to remove the Greek system from campus. But, looking at it from a National standpoint instead of a personal one, I can definitely understand why Delta Zeta may close the chapter. I'm sure that National HQ is sick about the whole thing, but, really, what do you want them to do? The DZ girls at Alfred are being unfairly punished by the school, but they are NOT being punished by DZ.
At any rate, the whole alumnae vs. local issue is moot right now because I haven't heard what National is planning to do. I'm only going on what I know from other schools that have forced Greeks, including DZ's, off campus. Santa Clara University is one of them, and although some other groups are still functioning underground, the Delta Zeta chapter is not. The chapter was closed -- only 4 years after installation.
