U. of Florida Suspends ATO Chapter

[exlurker]

Update: Penalties Summarized in Short Article (ATO - U. of Florida

See December 8, 2007 short article in the campus paper about restrictions on social events, rushing, and other requirements:

http://www.alligator.org/articles/20...campus/ato.txt

The article says ATO will accept the sanctions.

Firehouse, you made some good observations. As a non-Floridian (is that the word?) even I wonder if some of the attention being paid to hazing has to do with the fairly recent tightening of Florida's anti-hazing law, and the substantial publicity the new law got. (I think this is the state sensitivity about hazing you mention.)

In a lot of places, not just Florida, the state colleges and universities have to work constantly on maintaining good relations with the state legislature and governor. Can the tougher law be an example of political forces in the state saying "jump," and the state schools then saying, "we're jumping"?

All that aside, I'm glad you mentioned that getting rid of hazing hasn't hurt your chapter's brotherhood or performance. Congratulations.

[Gator]

http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...ISTS/712110313

More recent and correct article.

[Tom Earp]

They may have been alright if the mud pit was not used!