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Originally posted by texas*princess
The thread I was reading involved a fraternity who participated in a 'blackface' incident and was suspended by the inter/national headquarters but not by the university.
That just struck me as odd.
So in this case what would be the difference in the suspensions since they are not suspended by the school.
Sorry I'm just really confused !
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I think that in a case like this the University might feel that they cannot punish the whole chapter due to the actions of a few members...ktsnake is probably correct in thinking about first amendment rights.Since the incident probably is not in violation of the school's student code (despite violating good taste) they probably could not come up with a reason to take action along with the issues of the first amendment.
As for the suspension status: I'm willing to bet that action was taken by the inter/national GLO to deal with those members individually, as well as the chapter probably had a set of guidelines set out for them which they would have to meet in order to be end the suspension. I would think that the end goal would be to make the chapter better.