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Originally Posted by OneLove AGD
There has been a tragic death at Cornell, a member of SAE.
"Cornell will no longer recognize Sigma Alpha Epsilon as a fraternity on campus, the Cornell Daily Sun reports. The decision comes with new, shocking allegations in the February death of SAE brother and Cornell sophomore George Desdunes."
Of course, rather than seeing this as a tragic loss of life, people are attacking Greek Life.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_837985.html
What are your thoughts? Feel free to post on Huffington Post as well - here, most of us are preaching to the choir. Their, Greeks are demonized, and an alternative perspective would be useful.
My opinion is that Greek Life can be immensely beneficial to men and women who use it for the right purposes. Alcohol is not unique to Greek Life. I have seen no study that suggests Greeks drink or die more than non-Greeks during college. I know at my university, Greeks have a higher GPA, do more service hours, participate more in extracurriculars, and donate more money and time to charity. I am, of course, looking through rose colored glasses.
It seems unreasonable that, as a Greek member, my reputation is staked in the actions of others. At my university, a student DROWNED while at a Christian organization's event, and yet, people looked at it for what it was. A tragic accident. Had it happened at a Greek event (which hopefully it won't, because we invest more time in risk management), we would be protested with pitchforks. |
While I can agree with the idea that Greek living groups seem to get more notice than some others when things go wrong, I also can understand at least one of the reasons.
"XZY" is something of a known element over Todd or Smith Hall.
And perhaps it is believed that we Greeks just should have some more control over matters than those GDI's.
And as for this whole thread, I just do not understand it.
There are two other threads on this sad matter-one already here in RM and one in Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=118575
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...d.php?t=118864
And this matter was reported by many other site besides The Hoffington Post.
And they report the main reason why: The Brothers failed to provide medical service. "Even though the members and associate members recognized the condition Desdunes was in, they failed to call for medical care. He subsequently died."
This could get even worse.
For information:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...text|FRONTPAGE
http://www.cornellsun.com/section/ne...th-desdunes-13
There are other sites including UPI, AP as well as local TV with simular reports.
My best wishes and thoughts go out to Brother George Desdunes's family and friends.
I choose to keep my thoughts about The Brothers up in Cornell to myself.