AKL suspended for 2yrs

[BaylorBean]

Social Fraternity Suspended

They are appealing the decision because the 2 year suspension could very well kill the chapter at Truman, which is potentially very true. They built a new house in 2001 (I think) that is fairly large for Truman.

[LaneSig]

Kind of crappy that the fraternity self-reported what happened and then got hit with such tough sanctions. You would think that Alpha Kappa Lambda nationals and TSU admin would not be so harsh since the chapter let them know about it. I could see a year's probation or even a suspended social semester. This is too far.

ETA: The point I was trying to make when I said "This is too far" is that if I were at an AKL chapter or another fraternity on the Truman State campus, this reaction would make me think twice about self-reporting any incidents. It seems like it would make chapters and fraternities not take responsibility or become uncooperative with officials.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Kind of crappy that the fraternity self-reported what happened and then got hit with such tough sanctions. You would think that Alpha Kappa Lambda nationals and TSU admin would not be so harsh since the chapter let them know about it. I could see a year's probation or even a suspended social semester. This is too far.

Actually, this sucks!

They tried to do the right thing and look what it got them?

Then some people wonder why GLOs want to hide behind closed doors.

[DeltAlum]

It does suck.

But what was "self reported" is that an underaged young man consumed alcohol in the fraternity house.

No matter how you stack it, that's against the law.

Organizations just have few options these days.

It's too bad.

[UGAalum94]

I may have misread, but it appeared to me that he drank elsewhere but that at least one of the locations was a member's house.

The injury was at the house, but according to the story, the drinking was not.

It seems harsh to me, but maybe there were previous incidents that I don't know about.

One the one hand, the group and school can't accept illegal behavior; on the other other hand, I think the college apartment at which underaged drinking had NOT occured would be the exception.

Everyone is lucky that this kid wasn't more gravely injured.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

Shut up.

Nice post!

But in re reading the article, it said He drank at the house and then went elsewhere to drink more.

But even though, in self reporting, this seems to be a very harsh punishment for the whole the Chapter. They were trying to do the proper things and then really get kicked in the teeth!

They were one of the strongest of the NIC Organizations with 80 + members and a faily new house.

But since Truman has changed names, they have been turned into one of the best schools in the mid-west and very highly regarded. I am sure this may be the reason for the harsh penalty.

[macallan25]

God forbid fraternity members drink in their house.