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To further clarify, the only thing that they're having a problem with was that we were planning to have a party with an unrecognized org. A few days later, I went to the advisor to get clarification on the policy. I was asking if it was only for open events or if the policy also applied to closed event with low liability (like playing board games with just the sisters and the brothers, no alcohol, no outside people). Since liability wouldn't really be an issue in the second scenerio, the advisor couldn't say that was the problem. Instead, he just kept saying how we would be giving credibility to this fraternity. The only reason we're trying to do something with them is because they can't get into the council without certain requirements. They're required to show that they have social functions with other groups, that they have academic/cultural workshops for the university, that they have community service, etc. It just seems really contradictory for the council to require that they have social functions but then prevent us from having social functions with them.
One of my sisters had been VP of the council last year and at that time, the policy was interpreted as sororities and fraternities are allowed to have events with unrecognized orgs as long as it's not advertised as such (i.e. orgs don't put their letters on party flyers if there is an unrecognized group). I don't have a copy of the policy but it's worded very vague.
I actually think that this sister may be one of the reasons they're pursuing us. Something happened last year and she quit. She won't tell us what happened though. But because of whatever happened, she won't even go into the Greek Life office because she doesn't want to see that advisor at all. So, whatever happened involved this advisor too. But I can't get her to tell me what happened. And since she got really angry when I asked, I just dropped the issue.
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