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Originally posted by ucsc girlie
screw all the national, local, or whatever people. this is how the story goes...........2 guys fucked up. end of story. DOC dealt with harrassment charges and had to send public apologies to the school. they did that. that should no longer be held against them. they have also made public that the fraternity as a whole was not in this prank. it was two guys. if casey and matt are on any other clubs (which i know they are), then those other clubs should be held accountable just as DOC is. the only reason DOC is being held accountable is because of the initial cartoon and the lack of support.
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In the initial season of Fraternity Life, some of the Sigma Chi Omega pledges thought it would be fun to go to the public zoo and try to steal an animal. While they didn't succeed in stealing an animal, they did succeed in getting bad publicity for their fraternity... even though it was not a fraternity event, the fraternity name "sigma chi omega" was on pretty much every article about that incident. It wasn't "three males... " it will almost always be "three fraternity brothers of ABC.."
Whether or not they are members of the local Chess or Glee club doesn't matter. People like to pick on fraternities and sororities because of little pranks like this that were never 'OK-ed' by the actual organization, but instead just done by a couple of members for "fun".
In many risk-management incidents, it doesn't have to be an "official event" for potential consequences. It could be that just a few fraternity brothers or sorority sisters are hanging out and something bad happens, but the first thing you hear is that they were part of ABC fraternity or XYZ sorority even if it wasn't an "official" event.
Usually when you join a fraternity or sorority, there is some kind of understanding that you are now a representative of the said group. There have been lots of debates as to when you start representing your group and when you "aren't" but the bottom line is, if you do something pretty bad enough to make front page headlines, and it is pretty known that you are a member of a certain GLO, you should probably think twice about doing whatever it is...ESPECIALLY if the group had already been in trouble recently for something else.