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11-14-2010, 02:24 PM
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Texas A&M Greek Life Moratorium
"A Crackdown for Texas A&M Greek Life. Sororities and Fraternities are having to scrap their social events and new member activities."
http://www.kbtx.com/news/headlines/G...107859409.html
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11-14-2010, 02:29 PM
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Wow. This should be interesting...
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11-14-2010, 02:46 PM
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Yeah, since one of the most notorious groups for hazing in this country has long been the A&M Corps of Cadets. I wonder if A&M managed to put the brakes on that.
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11-14-2010, 03:10 PM
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A 2 week moratorium? What's the point? (other than PR)
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11-14-2010, 03:30 PM
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A 2 week moratorium? What's the point? (other than PR)
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Probably depends on what happens in those 2 weeks. On the University's side will they la down much more stringent rules (that could be useful or useless YMMV)? On the students' side do they break the prohibition within those 2 weeks or keep their heads down? And then what do they find with the allegations made?
I don't think the 2 weeks is the end of it, I think it's the beginning. If it is all for show and PR it'll just disappear and whatever students were hazing will be worse than ever after the attention is redirected.
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11-14-2010, 04:51 PM
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Yeah, since one of the most notorious groups for hazing in this country has long been the A&M Corps of Cadets. I wonder if A&M managed to put the brakes on that.
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EXACTLY.
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11-24-2010, 12:57 PM
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I agree Carnation, complete double standard. I had many friends in the corps and they were hazed to the nth degree but it was acceptable 
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11-26-2010, 12:47 PM
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I agree Carnation, complete double standard. I had many friends in the corps and they were hazed to the nth degree but it was acceptable |
There has always been a double standard for military orgs and I cant say I disagree. Military personal have a much more grave purpose than the social and service aspect of greek life. Texas A&M's corps produces alot of American soliders. Im not saying hazing should be completely tolerated, but if it should the corps should be more tolerated than greek life. I personally know many aggie greeks and my mom was a member of a sorority there so I have a basic understanding of greek life there. just my two cents
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11-29-2010, 08:10 PM
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NO - the kind of hazing my friends in the Corps (and especially in the band) had to endure would not be tolerated in the military - it had NOTHING to do with the physical/mental conditioning of soldiers. To be fair to their rival, it is my understanding that the non-Greek "spirit" groups of UT are (or were - I'm ancient) far worse than anything the Greeks dreamt of doing.
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11-30-2010, 01:32 AM
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The male spirit group at Tech was suspended for hazing not too long ago. I know several members that have quit and joined IFC groups.
Any updates on the A&M situation? Obviously the time frame on the moratorium is up.
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11-30-2010, 07:19 PM
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The male spirit group at Tech was suspended for hazing not too long ago. I know several members that have quit and joined IFC groups.
Any updates on the A&M situation? Obviously the time frame on the moratorium is up.
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One of the Cowboys was actually killed as a result of hazing activities many years ago. The Cowboys weren't allowed to be around for a long time after that.
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11-30-2010, 10:34 PM
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Knew of many kids who went into the Corp at A&M who did it because their fathers were in it, and they accepted the hazing.
The Corps is not a military organization. In some ways it is a weird sort of fraternal organization. aTm is quite frankly a "different" sort of place that would not be easily understood outside of Texas.
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11-30-2010, 10:49 PM
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aTm is quite frankly a "different" sort of place that would not be easily understood outside of Texas.
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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit. A+M is odd even to those of us in Texas lol
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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit. A+M is odd even to those of us in Texas lol
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Co-sign 
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12-01-2010, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
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aTm is quite frankly a "different" sort of place that would not be easily understood outside of Texas.
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Sheeeeeeeeeeeeit. A+M is odd even to those of us in Texas lol
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I was going to say the same thing. Too much maroon kool-aid being consumed down there. My high school friends changed dramatically after a few weeks on campus, in that in their view only other Aggies could relate to them. Cult-like I tell ya!
High school friends who attended various other schools (including Texas, Tech, Baylor, SMU, etc) remained friends and in contact with each other. Those that went to A&M kept to themselves, even when home for holidays. Weird.
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