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more info to think about...press release from kappa sig
the groups could decide not to sell, but the students would still have to live elsewhere b/c of the housing policy. the groups who did not sign over property would not be officially recognized by the school and the school could place sanctions on those students who did decide to join. the joys of private colleges...glad i work at a public! i would never support this at my campus!
March 9, 2005
Kappa Sigma Supports Delta Kappa Epsilon at Colgate University
Charlottesville, VA
The Kappa Sigma Fraternity has made a contribution of $5,000 to the Mu of Delta Kappa Epsilon Foundation to support their litigation efforts to retain chapter housing facilities as a private residence and to maintain control of its meeting facilities at Colgate University.
The legal action taken by Delta Kappa Epsilon resulted from a move by Colgate University to require all students to live in University owned housing and to mandate that all Greek letter houses become University property in order for the chapters to continue their recognition as student fraternal organizations by Colgate University. This requirement was established by the University as a part of its “New Vision for Residential Education.”
“Kappa Sigma will stand by our interfraternal Brothers of Delta Kappa Epsilon,” said Kappa Sigma Fraternity Executive Director Mitchell B. Wilson, “We do not have a chapter at Colgate, but the infringement upon the rights of the members of Delta Kappa Epsilon is of great concern to Kappa Sigma and should be to all fraternities and sororities. We must protect our interest in these matters and our rights of association. It is important that the long and proud history of ÄÊÅ at Colgate be honored and recognized . . . it is an institution the same as the University. We encourage others to rally to their support.”
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity filed a complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York on February 25, 2005. The ÄÊÅ alumni corporation, Mu of ÄÊÅ Foundation and the local Colgate Chapter of Mu of Delta Kappa Epsilon have asked the court to stop the coercive land grab of their residence and unlimited access to their meeting facility by the University.
The Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity and Kappa Sigma Fraternity are members of the Fraternity Leadership Association.
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