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Old 07-30-2007, 08:49 PM
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Iota President @ SIUE held under $1 million bond.

http://media.www.thealestle.com/medi...-2927179.shtml

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...t_N.htm?csp=34
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Old 07-30-2007, 09:18 PM
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Old 07-31-2007, 09:05 AM
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An SIUE fraternity president is being held on $1 million bond after being charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor, with one felony charge involving an attempted threat of a "murderous rampage" on a "highly populated university."
In a post-Virginia Tech world, I am glad that the authorities are being harsh on such things.

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Oduwole, an undeclared freshman originally from Maplewood, N.J., was arrested Friday in his Cougar Village apartment by the SIUE Police.
How did an undeclared freshman become President of a Greek organization?! That has to be a typo/error.
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Old 07-31-2007, 09:10 AM
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How did an undeclared freshman become President of a Greek organization?! That has to be a typo/error.
That was the first thing that stuck out to me as well.
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Old 07-31-2007, 09:18 AM
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Freshman by hours? Yeah I don't know how that works either, and SIUE doesn't do anything funny with their class ranking either I don't think.
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Old 07-31-2007, 09:20 AM
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Speculation..... he may have pledged as a second semester freshman and no one else is left in the chapter, so he is President by default. Iota chapters tend to be small.

ETA: And he's "still" a freshman because maybe he failed some classes.

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Old 07-31-2007, 10:03 AM
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I think the article said he was on academic suspension...
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Old 07-31-2007, 10:08 AM
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Where's Starang? He's an Iota isn't he?
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Old 07-31-2007, 10:33 AM
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When I first read the headline, I thought they meant the national organization's president, which he's NOT.

It's a strange story by any measure, but it seems much easier to understand how he might have become president if he is one of the very few members of a particular chapter.

What a shame that people are emphasizing his Greek affiliation in coverage of the story. What's up with that?

ETA: I admit that I didn't know was SIUE was, and the headline of the first story doesn't tip it off.

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Old 07-31-2007, 10:38 AM
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What a shame that people are emphasizing his Greek affiliation in coverage of the story. What's up with that?

In my opinion, to the average reader of the news, i think "fraternity chapter president" makes a more compelling story than "average slacker" which seems to be more accurate. I'd expect something similar if he was captain of a sports team.
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Old 07-31-2007, 11:58 AM
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Why did you post that here and not in the Iota forum? Better yet, why did you, an Omega, post it at all? Lastly, if it had been an Omega would you have posted it?
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Old 07-31-2007, 12:00 PM
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Old 07-31-2007, 12:03 PM
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Speculation..... he may have pledged as a second semester freshman and no one else is left in the chapter, so he is President by default. Iota chapters tend to be small.

ETA: And he's "still" a freshman because maybe he failed some classes.
But from what I understand they were pretty active at both SIUs.
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Old 07-31-2007, 12:26 PM
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Why did you post that here and not in the Iota forum? Better yet, why did you, an Omega, post it at all? Lastly, if it had been an Omega would you have posted it?
If he was a Que, would I have posted it?--yeah. Where to post it? That's a call I made. It's not really an "Iota" story per se. That aspect is just a journalistic angle, I suppose. Maybe it should have gone in the general news section. Moreover, though, by posting something about someone in an organization is not necessarily casting aspersions on an organization. For every story about some Greek doing something good or ill, it can replicated in every group. One thing I was interested in doing was starting some dialogue about why the story was framed as it was. I originally saw this story on a Greek News website. This was the major reason why I put it here, esp. after I saw the threads about the TV show on the ABC Family Channel. That's more frivolous; this is more important as a way of possibly delving into issues about perceptions about Greek Life in the broader world.
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Old 07-31-2007, 12:28 PM
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Why did you post that here and not in the Iota forum? Better yet, why did you, an Omega, post it at all? Lastly, if it had been an Omega would you have posted it?
Woah now, I think this is a pretty big news story that could end up affecting ALL Greeks. I don't think it's inappropriate for him to post it in the general fourms. If the Iotas want to start their own discussion about it, they will. And if the Que didn't post it, someone else would have anyway. This isn't something that's going to end up hush-hush.
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