[Firehouse]

Always, ALWAYS, be suspicious when the university comes to you with enthusiasm for a "Greek Strategic Plan." It is usually based on the false premise that the greek chapters are creations of and owned by the school, giving the university the right to determine a whole host of chapter policies. Chapters of the national Greek organizations belong to the members, and those members' rights of free association are protected by law. And, if the university begins to talk about "Self Governance"...RUN! It means that the university is trying to skirt due process by turning all discipline over to a hand picked collection of toady home-room monitors. Greek systems prosper when universities leave them alone. If the KAs at William Jewell hazed, then charge them with hazing. It may be that they can't prove actual hazing took place, if all it consisted of was speaking harshly to a pledge. What they're saying is, "We can't punish you and get away with it, so we're going to let your 'peers' hammer you as we whisper instructions in their ears, and then we'll say 'Well, the fraternities made that decision themselves'."
I've been through this.