[john1082]

I'm an LXA alumnus and the current chapter advisor at Cal State Fullerton. I have been a part of and conducted membership reviews. I promise you that they are not pleasant.

Yes, we will have fewer brothers at Ball State. And that is sad. These are young men that I will never have a chance to know as brothers.

Yet, the chapter members did some really dumb things. Despite warnings they continued to serve minors, and that is wrong. They did so at a major party. That is just plain STUPID.

I know that if I am even in the same county, and Fullerton gets busted for under age drinking, the Fullerton PD will come to my house and arrest me - just because!

I cannot condone what Ball State did. I don't know if the media quotes are accurate. Ball State PD may have overreacted. But it doesn't really matter. The University climate was such that an underage drinking problem was going to get stomped on - hard - and all the kids knew it.

As Jim Croce said "Don't Pull the Mask On The Old Lone Ranger"

I am fearful that the same thing may happen at Fullerton despite my best efforts. In a way I would welcome some action as an attention getter step but I fear that it would not be a gentle touch. And I don't want to go to the "Gray-Bar Hotel" for this.

Bottom line is that Ball State screwed up. Others may be doing it too, but I don't care about the others. I care about my fraternity at Ball State and I am saddened.