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Originally posted by carnation
Wow! A lot went on on this thread while I was teaching class!
Yes, the college has told the locals they must go national. I've been told that nationwide, many locals have been made to go national because of liability...the insurance companies are no doubt hoping that national HQs will crack down on hazing so no problems will occur.
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I'm still not so sure about this whole thing.
Basically the supreme court case stated that publicly funded schools cannot deny recognition to new groups seeking affiliation.
The actual case involved the Students for a Democratic Society. The university didn't want the group to come to campus because it had a reputation for violent protest. The Supreme Court decided that the reputation for violence was not nough to keep a chapter from forming. Here is a link for the case:
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...s/408/169.html
In addition, forcing Locals to affiliate with nationals is stupid. It curbs the growth of new nationals.[/i] It's terirble how locals are disrespected. I know that our school doesn't like our 100 year old locals, but they know if they tried something like this, would cause a riot from both greeks and alumni.
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