Note: We are a local sorority, so we do not have a national office to contact to help deal with this. We do not have a house; we all live in seperate apartments, dorm rooms... your basic college housing. So, obviously none of this was right under our noses for us to ignore. Incidents took place between classes, off campus, in the middle of the night... whenever she saw fit to "deal with" the pledges.
This girl had also been reprimanded numerous times for being to harsh to the pledges during the meetings. We can't, though, control and watch the every move of a sister who lives twenty miles away... who would have thought she would drive back to campus "just for fun?"
She had also had her position stripped and sorority privledges taken away for other, non-related actions earlier in the year. So, who do you believe? A group of pledges you are beginning to know, or a sister who has proven herself as trouble from day one? Should we have just given her yet another slap on the wrist and hope that she doesn't do it again? Or do we deal with the problems swiftly and move on? The pledges were only halfway through their pledging period... chances are the personal hazing would have only gotten worse as initiation grew closer!
And, with the severity of the allegations, the Head of Greek Affairs gave the organization an ultimatum... her membership or the sorority charter. Hmm... her or the sorority... that should not be too difficult a choice for anyone.
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