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Originally Posted by AGDee
I read that quite a few times, trying to interpret what that meant. They didn't say Greek student leaders expressed that. They said "student leaders". That could be student government, other organizations, etc.
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I read and re-read, too, and I had thoughts similar to yours.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
A public school has some discretion to ensure student conduct falls within accepted norms, but they don't really have the power to break up a student organization, except to withdraw university recognition and the ability to participate in IFC if IFC is run by the school.
We had this same situation happen with TKE on our campus. They were kicked off of campus for some pretty egregious alcohol and hazing and grade violations. They continued throughout that time to maintain a chapter house, recruit new members, etc., all under the auspices of their national organization, which apparently was okay with a .6 GPA and allowing a 14 year old to serve alcohol at a philanthropy.
It's my experience that when national organizations aren't interested in enforcing any membership standards or have a more lax view than the school, the school can risk having any semblance of control whatsoever.
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If I had to guess, I'm thinking that the unspoken basis here is that these are conditions of maintaining recognition. The school doesn't want to come out and say that because doing so would basically be admitting that's the extent of its leverage. It also invites a chapter that can do so with it's inter/national HQ's blessing to call the school's bluff and decline recognition.