Delta Zeta Reportedly Sues DePauw

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Originally Posted by USA Today Article

Among other things, the lawsuit wants ... DePauw [to] be ordered to "affirmatively acknowledge" that Delta Zeta did not make any decision based on appearance or race.

How in the world would this change a thing? And how would DePauw know this one way or the other? This implies the DePauw itself had insight into the reorg. process. I'm not sure exactly what DePauw said in its press releases but I don't think they claimed to know anything unilaterally. If anything they were primarily concerned with the turning out of members without regards to finals and housing.

"For a university to say, 'If you place this person on alumnae status, then we're not going to let you operate anymore,' the university is deciding that they get to choose the members," O'Neill says. "That's a major concern for all the fraternities."

Cause that's clearly what this is about.

Originally Posted by DZHQ

As a result, Delta Zeta filed a federal lawsuit this morning in Indiana, alleging DePauw University has defamed our organization and our members, broken its contractual obligations to the sorority, and interfered with our business relationships. While a lawsuit was our least preferred alternative, DePauw University must be held accountable for this unprecedented attack on our members and on the legitimate membership activities of our organization.

What sort of contractual obligations does a university have to a student group on its campus? Particularly a GLO which does not usually (in my experience) receive funds from the university itself.

DZ also says:

Originally Posted by USA Today Article

It argues that administrators at DePauw... made "clear and unambiguous promises" to help the sorority.

But that's not the same thing as "contractual obligations."

Surely they know this is just going to stir the pot, right? They can't be that naive right? I'm losing faith in humanity...