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I haven't posted in a long time but this issue - knocking fraternities off campus - concerns me. The administration at UCF is known in the state for being the most bullying/authoritarian toward its strong Greek chapters. The culture in the state of Florida is not one that produces an overabundance of 'obedient' undergraduate-age guys. I think it's hilarious that LXA has struck back at UCF in this way, although one of the earlier posters is right: if the sorority girls don't buy in their new group they'll fail in a year or so. But even with the Nazi-like cloud over the system, don't be surprised to see the individual sorority members push back at the University's dictates.
Here's what has happened in the last, say, 20 years. Schools have become more and more willing to pull a quick trigger and get rid of chapters without regard to their alumni support or even whether the actions of a few represent the fraternity as a whole.
One thing that infuriates alumni is the collusion between the nationals and the school. When a chapter or individuals in a chapter misbehaves, very often the discussion about the chapter's future takes place in a room with the alumni standing outside. The discussion goes like this" "There's going to be a 'trial' and your guys are going to be found guilty and sentenced. Now, if you agree to pull out for 5 years, then we'll allow you to come back. if not, then we may never allow you to come back." National fraternities for the most part are more than willing to throw the chapter under the bus in order to protect themselves. We just lost our Sigma Chi chapter here at FSU (I am not a Sig) under exactly those circumstances and their alumni are spitting fire.
I sense a nation-wide rising tide of push-back, against the betrayal of national, against the whimsical dismissal of due process, against the tyranny of bogus Title IX bullying.
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