[Ideal08]

Originally posted by treblk
referring back to the topic at hand...hoping it aint a hijack The name has been changed to protect the victim/suspect.
(Sorry it's long)

I personally knew a young lady (we'll call her Tina) who had a process for xyz, and before her pinning, the advisor told her and her dean, that their national headquarters was unable to extend membership to her due to incorrect calculations of grades. The dean decided to go ahead and pin Tina, and keep the situation quite until the graduate chapter could be established, and Tina would be a chartering member. As far as the chapter, the campus, and other members of the Sorority, she was a soror.

The sorority took in a line the following year, but for whatever reason, didn't put Tina's paperwork through with the new girls, so for 2 years (and for 2 lines), Tina walked around with letters, doing service with her chapter and sorors, went on road trips, and finally graduated and moved to another state and city. In her new state and city, she is reppin' her organization with the up-most, hanging with her sorors, going to social events, stepshows and what not. She meets a older chapter member and they bond, she tells her "prophyte" her situation and asks for help. Well, her "prophyte", let it slip to some other sorors about Tina's situation and well, all hell breaks lose .

Tina was assulted, both physically and verbally. Her phone didn't stop ringing, she got hate and threat emails. She was sought out by the president of the grad chapter and was brought in for "talks". It went as far as the Regional Board and I think they have a case pending on her, I haven't kept in touch with her.

It's one thing to prep, or do something horrible and get expelled, but for Tina and folks in her situation, how would you feel finding out that they aren't real?

How is Tina not a perp? She should have never been pinned in the first place, she didn't even meet the STANDARDS to join the org!!! She's ghost, which to me is the exact same thing as a perp. If Tina was SMART, she would have known that she wasn't a nationally recognized member, and would not have been galavanting around reppin' something that she was not. Process/pin or no process/pin. She instead would have been trying to join a graduate chapter. And why tell that you aren't real?? And if you KNOW that you aren't real, what EXCUSE did you give for running around in 'nalia and carrying on?

The Dean should have never pinned her. This is exactly how we end up with these crazy situations in our organizations. People need to use better judgement. That's just my .08.