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[FuzzieAlum]

I think you're not going to get anywhere getting professional Greeks to join any kind of local council. The PFC is strictly a national organization, and I am not aware of any campus where they have a local version of it. The groups within the PFC vary so much that it would be difficult to come up with a set of rules they all agree on. Please note I am not trying to say it is an inherently bad idea, just that I think it is unlikely to happen.

For example, some groups have graduates and undergraduates. Others are limited to grad students. Presumably, the dental fraternity DSD on my campus was all students over 21. There's no way to get them to limit alcohol in the house, particularly when they own it. Others professional fraternities don't own houses or live together. A Phi O is a service fraternity, and I am not aware of A Phi O being the sponsor of many parties (at least on my campus). What is amounts to is that the "professional" umbrella is a big one.

And it's not like everyone needs to be in a council. Do we need the Student Political Groups Council, the Religious Groups Council, the Sports Club Council? Unless the organizations themselves feel there is a benefit to them, it just amounts to more red tape. It will take a lot to convince people that a new council is necessary.

There are two groups who should be monitoring this chapter, though: their national and the local student activities office. Ideally, recognition by the student activities office should be a prerequisite for existence, and recognition should be contingent on following certain rules - such as no hazing. Let me add a third group, too: The band SHOULD certainly be concerned about this, even if they aren't, especially if they sponsor these groups.

It sounds like someone - I guess the school - has decided that in this group's case to give up any authority over them and trust them to be self-policing. That is not a smart call on the school's part. In the end, the university has in loco parentis responsibility for all its undergraduates, and a responsibility to keep an eye on all student groups, whether they're Young Libertarians or KKPsi.