Lambda Chi Alpha Membership Review, Expulsions and Resignations -- Southern Methodist

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A long article in Southern Methodist's campus paper reports on Lambda Chi Alpha's expulsion of three dozen or so members after a membership review.

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/l...bers-1.1341139

Published:*Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Updated:*Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Spencer Eggers/ The Daily Campus

. . . SMU’s Lambda Chi Alpha chapter saw 36 members expelled last Sunday after conducting a membership review the previous Saturday.

Forty-seven members saw all charges against them dropped and were returned to good standing within the organization. Several members, who were not expelled, as well as alumni, have resigned their membership from the fraternity. The Daily Campus could not find any official total concerning those who have resigned because the number keeps growing as each day passes.
According to John Holloway, director of chapter services of the international headquarters for Lambda Chi, the membership review came after a “thorough and sophisticated assessment” from which chapter alumni and international headquarters “corroborated reports of hazing, drug use in the chapter house and risky behaviors with little to no consequence at any level within the organization.”

. . . Members were notified of their expulsions by letters dropped off at Hughes-Trigg. Many members’ mothers were in attendance because it was Mothers’ Weekend for the fraternity.

“The room went pandemonium,” [a member] said. “Some people were crying, people were screaming, moms were yelling—moms didn’t know what was going on, moms still don’t understand, we still don’t understand.”

. . .Expelled members will be given pro-rated refunds for dues, housing and meals.
. . . Campus housing is being made available by SMU.

Thirty-one brothers lived in the house before the membership review, and all but eight have been expelled or have resigned.

. . . Members each sat for a 15-minute interview with alumni during the membership review.

SMU did not play a role in these proceedings and had no role in expelling members.

. . . LXA had been placed on probation for risk management violations by the international headquarters in January 2009. According to Holloway, the chapter was making “little progress” on completing the probation terms and additionally, “they had two more risk management incidents which violated state and local laws, General Fraternity laws and the policy of SMU.”

. . . Expelled members have the opportunity to appeal the international office’s decision. . . .
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