JHU Sigma Chi "Halloween in the Hood Party"

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

The extent to which they conducted an actual "investigation" is questionable. "Investigation" in the sense of going to the event but not walking in and contacting officials and making sure their concerns are heard and acted upon? YES. Every campus organization (particularly those focusing on activism and being the voice of students) has the ability (authority isn't the correct term here) to do that if the university hasn't told them they can not.

It is for JHU and Sigma Chi IHQ to determine what is appropriate. The leaders of those two organizations have ownership of the reputation and well-being of all members- and they alone have the authority to investigate.

The BSU is certainly free to question JHU's handling of the situation, but they have no business getting directly involved with the affairs of any other student organization. And they have NO right to intrude on private property and question the legal behavior of any person. Period end of story.

Nice try of you to make note that campus organizations focused on activism and being the voice of students should have special privileges over other organizations.

Who gets to decide that? How is a student organization for blacks any more a voice for the student body at large than a single fraternity?

And what do you mean by activism? Do you mean activism on issues that suit you personally? Greeks are very activist by nature. We do philanthropy work. Alumni help students run chapters and provide an employment network for graduates. Alumni of GLOs also have much higher rates of donations to their alma maters than non-GLO members.

These guys at that chapter had every right to throw that party and do and say as they pleased as long as no laws were broken.

And with regards to the race issue- no laws were broken.

The consequences they face will be decided by Sigma Chi IHQ and JHU- as should be the case. After all, those are the two organizations under whom this particular chapter could exist.

Don't get me wrong, if my chapter ever did something like this I would be pissed- and I would bust their asses if they had made a public scene of it like these guys did.

But that does not change the fact that other student groups, the BSU in this instance, have no business dictating how some students conduct themselves within the confines of the law.

Most people are going to agree with you that this was a dumb thing to do. But good luck getting people to agree that you have a right to dictate how other people conduct their affairs- because you don't.