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What?
Hi all,
First off, I'm a Greek at GA Tech, and have been involved with IFC in the past. I'm extremely pro-Greek, and in love with the Greek system here at Tech, which is extremely strong, so please don't think I'm just anti-Chi Phi. Tech has lost a few houses in the past couple of years (SAE, ZBT, SPE, DSPhi), and I don't want to see it lose any more in the future.
However, it's a little worrisome to hear people congratulating Chi Phi on ignoring Tech's decision to not recognize them, and continuing operating, including rushing as an IFC-sanctioned fraternity when they're not (which they are currently doing right now.)
Chi Phi has had a history of serious, illegal, life-threatening hazing, to the point where members of the chapter called the HQ about 2-3 years ago and asked for HQ to revoke the charter since the problems could not be fixed. That call came about after hazing incidents so bad that one member said that he "would rather never have Chi Phi at Tech again than watch that happen every year." Tech decided to keep recognizing them under the premise that they would do some in-house cleaning and training with their HQ to get rid of the hazing problems. 2 years later, the hazing is just as bad, if not worse, than how it used to be. Chi Phi has repeatedly ignored Tech's warnings about hazing, warnings from other Greeks, and their HQ.
Bottom line: Chi Phi probably cannot fix its internal problems on its own, and needs help. The best thing for the Greek system, and Chi Phi's Tech chapter, is to shut down and reorganize for a few years. They already have a house, and their HQ is in Atlanta, so a recolonization effort would honestly not be all that hard.
I'm very sorry to say this, and I wish it weren't like this, but Chi Phi has got to go, for it's own sake. Or are we going to wait until they kill someone before they get sanctioned?
A fraternity has every right to defend itself, but honestly people.. it's not like this was some minor incident that got them suspended unjustly. This is the last in a string of 4 or 5 years of hazing violations, and they're getting what they deserve. I wish it hadn't come to this, but I don't think every situation is fixable. Sometimes, a chapter needs to be recolonized.. I wish it wasn't like this, but the chapter is what made it come to this, so the chapter can deal with the consequences.
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