Greek problems at Duquesne University

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DU Greek

All of the "closed" chapters you spoke of were locals. Each of the locals has been replaced by an IFC National. Anyone who knows Greek Life on a National basis today will tell you that locals represent a major liability to ALL chapters on every campus.

Locals don't buy insurance; they don't have traveling leadership consultants; they don't have anti-hazing programming; they don't have national leaders to hold them accountable to higher standards of Greek Life.

Nationals HAVE to replace locals.

I am not a DU alum (although I drive past it a lot) but I stopped reading or believing anything you had to say after I read this because you obviously drank the Kool-Aid - or should I say hater-ade.

Many colleges have local fraternities and sororities that operate just as well, if not better, than nationals. Many local fraternities and sororities have alum support that chapters of nationals can only DREAM about.

Many locals do have insurance. They do have anti-hazing pledge programs. You are right in that they don't have traveling consultants (that would be pretty stupid) and they don't have national boards who are 1000s of miles away who never have visited the campus - but they DO have alumni who not only hold the organization, but the school, close to their hearts. They have to answer to those alumni.

You aren't going to get any support from alumni who have affection and respect for the locals - who had a long history - by bashing them and saying things that are just outright lies.

Oh, and just because someone was a leadership consultant does not automatically make them qualified to be a Greek advisor - especially if she never worked w/ a chapter at a school that is in the middle of a city like Duquesne is.