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I just wanted to let all of you know that we are fighting the actions of the University as a Greek system. Those of us still on campus for the summer are wearing letters, sending e-mails and contacting/getting involved as many people as we can. We are also planning all greek meetings! I'm very proud to be an Alfred Greek....we've all pulled together!
For those of you who have read Alfred's press release I wanted to make you aware that the University portrays itself in a very positive light when it came to working with the Greeks. This is not exactly true or how it happened! There was a period of time when we were w/o a Greek Advisor and I would like to know when all the help was offered to us! Furthermore, as a house (AKO) we were told that if we followed the rules and made changes we would be fine...well guess what, that's what we did and where did it get us in the end?--eliminated just like the rest! So I don't see how the University can claim that they helped us.
Furthermore, for those of you who have commeneted on the fact that our Greek system had problems I want to ask you should we be held responsible for the actions taken by fraternities over 20 years ago and should that be hung over our heads? If so then I think those that came before the death of the student at Klan Alpine in 78 should be held responsible as well...this means Gene Bernstein the head of the task force who was Pres. of Klan Alpine (they mention he was Greek but leave out that he was a Klan brother in the releases!).
I also want to point out that Alfred is a small school in WNY...being 10% on our campus I believe is still a significant amount. The press release fails to mention that we still are the largest group on campus and do the most community service. (AKO alone did more community service in a semester than Alpha Phi Omega.)
I could go on and on about how the University has portrayed us but I guess the main point of this message is to tell you when you read the University press release take it w/a grain of salt. It's written to make the University look wonderful and like they helped the "poor" Greek system. When in reality there help was to ignore problems they knew existed and keep sliding them under the rug instead of really punishing houses that were breaking the rules. There solution to problems was to jtst give the House a slap on the hand and send them merrily on their way. In the end we all got, point blank, screwed by the system that was supposedly in place to help us.
Dani
AKO-Hold Your Candle High
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