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Originally posted by thetalady
They are damned lucky their charter wasn't pulled by the University or their National. Here is a bit more of the story as reported Jan 12. I can't believe that the Tri Delta Chapter Risk Manager planned this little party.
Oh yeah, thetalady, I was equally amazed.
I know I'll never have all the facts, but golly gee I would love to have been a fly on the wall during some of the discussions involving Stanford administrators and Tri Delta reps.
Let's see now, wasn't the Bucknell chapter of Tri Delta closed by their national just a little while ago for RM problems? And their Minnesota chapter will be closing, though that is presumably for low numbers.
Maybe, just maybe, it's very important to Tri Delta to have a Stanford chapter.
(Otherwise, the school would be left with Chi O and the three "usual suspects" for a school like Stanford: Kappa, Theta, and Pi Phi -- right?)
I can of course muster some -- even a lot of-- sympathy for the other women in the chapter, and the area alumnae, who were not involved in this tacky and dangerous little stunt and who are most likely going to have some astonishingly awkward moments during the upcoming spring formal rush. Especially if the current crop of first-year women has a lot of weirdos whose idea of a real fun time doesn't include doing shots, dancing around, and then throwing up for the entertainment of football players. You'd think that would be appealing to anybody, but as I understand it sometimes Stanford attracts slightly offbeat characters -- you know, people from sophisticated backgrounds, or even intellectuals.
Finally, I gotta nominate Morris Graves, associate dean of students, for a 24 karat gold electroplated Yadda Yadda award for emitting this thought: “We must hold folks accountable and uphold the University standards and values.” Uh huh. Sure. Morris, you da man.