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Re the remark that "It's always more powerful to have students monitoring students", I take strong exception to that, and not just because this is a chapter of my fraternity in the line of fire. Student judicial boards are notorious for being unjust, petty, self-serving bullies; hall-monitor types who suck up to an approving administration. Of course the University wants students to make these decisions; it relieves them of the responsibility and lets them off the hook for enforcing legal rights. For instance, "Oh, the students themselves decided in favor of deferred rush." No, they didn't. A group of the administration's toadies gave in to bullying on the part of the school.
There is much discussion on campuses about whether the proper role of the IFC is to support and represent the fraternities to the administration, or to impose the will of the University downward onto the chapters. If it is to be the latter, then why be a memebr of IFC at all?
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