A local sorority at USC?

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

I know it is pretty common for non-Greeks and some administrations, to take a stab at the Greek community whenever there is an opportunity to.

The big problem with the current situation at USC, which I think makes it unique, is that this time, outsiders of our community can cite two incidents that made international news, within a month.

And as a result the administration has put the whole Row on social probation for bringing the school into disrepute.

Apparently you've never experienced things like pledges dying.

[ellebud]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

Apparently you've never experienced things like pledges dying.

Really really that was an uncalled for snide remark. Thank God the reason for the social probation had NOTHING to do with a child dying. A death in any family, much less the death of a child is horrendous.

While I am not "sure" what the first issue was (but it did not, to my knowledge include death or nearly dying), I know that the second had to do with a lapse of judgement, morals and invasions of privacy. The incident did not prove fatal to anyone other than their reputations.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by ellebud

Really really that was an uncalled for snide remark. Thank God the reason for the social probation had NOTHING to do with a child dying. A death in any family, much less the death of a child is horrendous.

While I am not "sure" what the first issue was (but it did not, to my knowledge include death or nearly dying), I know that the second had to do with a lapse of judgement, morals and invasions of privacy. The incident did not prove fatal to anyone other than their reputations.

That was my point. Having experienced that horrible and avoidable situation on a campus and the aftermath, I find these 'but you don't understand' posts ridiculous.

[28StGreek]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

Apparently you've never experienced things like pledges dying.

No I haven't. But I have had to deal with a friend who was run over by a drunk driver in an incident that is almost too horrific to remember.

And that time it showed how close our community was. We stood together, went to city hall, and got the reward money raised for information that lead to the arrest of the driver and the passenger (who stopped to pull off the body of another victim, who thankfully didn't die, and just left him on the side of the road as they drove off).

But I didn't bring it up because it was an awful experience, and it would not have been classy.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by 28StGreek

No I haven't. But I have had to deal with a friend who was run over by a drunk driver in an incident that is almost too horrific to remember.

And that time it showed how close our community was. We stood together, went to city hall, and got the reward money raised for information that lead to the arrest of the driver and the passenger (who stopped to pull off the body of another victim, who thankfully didn't die, and just left him on the side of the road as they drove off).

But I didn't bring it up because it was an awful experience, and it would not have been classy.

I'm so sorry about your friend. That's horrible. But that's a powerful story about how your community pulled together, not the negative aspects that are being discussed in this thread. (I don't mean that disrespectfully at all.)