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I felt I had to chime in on this, being a Kappa-Sigma Zeta alum myself, this hits pretty damn close to home. Our chapter was shafted numerous times, from losing our charter in '92, to losing our house in 2000. And now this, talk about bad luck! We re-colonized in '97 and had some really rough times, mostly because of the lack of interest on campus to be in a Greek organization. But we finally made it in 2001 and got our charter back. Tom Helmbock and the guys at HQ have proven themselves extremely valuable to us Alfred guys, so I know they at least care about us. I don't know what they can do about the university trustees though, as the decision has already been made.
Want to know what prompted all this? Back in February, a ZBT brother was found dead in a creek in the village, and they said he had been beaten or something and so the school assumes every fraternity is hazing and beating the crap out of younger members and all this b.s., so let's make a task force to decide what to do with all of them. Three months later, here we are. Punish all Greeks on campus for the actions of a few. That's the Alfred way it seems.
Sorry for going on about this, but I wanted to vent! I'm sure you all understand. I don't see any other guys from Kappa-Sigma here, so I'm going to get the word out. I can't tell you how good it feels to know you guys care and support our chapter, and that if HQ has any cajones, this won't stand! I'll be in touch, and thanks for being such good brothers to us!
Yours in ZAX,
Chris Jacques - Alfred '00
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