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Hi DeltAlum -
Thank you for the been there/done there - its always good to have the perspective of someone who can look down the road and tell you where the path could lead. As they say, hindsight is 20/20.
I concede that "everybody does it" is not the way to go. After speaking with my brother, whos fratnerity went down a similar misfortunate path in the late 90s, it's apparent to me that as a probable liability to Chi Omega Nationals, if they found probable evidence that we were hazing, drinking, etc - it is within the rights of their authority to take our charter away, much less put a probation upon us even if the result was that we felt so cornered we ended up reliquishing it.
On the bright side, this isn't the end of the story and we are recovening with National reps tonite to hopefully reach some sort of compromise. I fully hope that both groups can admit their mistakes and that some changes can be made that will lead us to find some middle ground and not have to walk away from something so important to so many people. I think my sisters feel the way the situation was handled has weighed more heavily upon us than the actual doling of the punishment.
But from a "strictly business" point of view - I agree with you.
From a "from the heart" point of view - well, I am too much in throng of things to separate my grief at the situation of my sisterhood.
Que sera, sera. I am sure that the best will come from this situation in the long-run, for both sides, whatever the outcome may be.
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