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Originally posted by GPBGirl
Hi Gentlemen:
I am a Gamma Phi Beta married to a Kappa Sig. I attended UT Austin. I know how TAU feels, because we too got kicked off campus after I graduated. I am so disappointed that I spent all that time and money and have nothing to show for it. I have no chapter at UT and there are few alums that will admit they are Gamma Phi's. The parties at UT were beyond compare, and what went on after the parties too! I remember the ATO's having all their pledges in the hospital because they smashed them with rotten eggs and they all got Staff infections. I remember crosses burned in the Jewish Frat yards during Kappa Alpha Old South. The PIKES had "Big John's Porter Party" .
Times have changed and I have gotten a little older. I still remember my wild days with great fondness, but I am not sure that my husband or I will recommend the Greek life for either my son or daughter. Believe me when I say that it was NOT just the Kappa Sigs that behaved badly. Sigma Nu killed two pledges with alcohol poisoning; that is much worse than destroying property.
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The unfortunate part of this is that, ideally, as a national organization, we could tailor our responses to the situation at a particular campus . . .
. . . however this is impossible, and horribly ineffective from a leadership standpoint.
I am fully of the belief that any chapter at a school like UT that walks the 'straight and narrow' according to national policy (from any GLO, not just ours) will have severe difficulties. In that environment, there is a decided advantage to houses that can go nuts, and there is a general desire among rushees to join houses that support fraternal stereotypes, regardless of if they 'should'.
However, I totally understand how leadership can say that there's no way to turn a blind eye on behavior, and that environmental concerns don't lessen the impact (ie "everyone else is doing it!" won't hold up . . . ). The situation here in the Northeast is not at all similar to the situation at UT-Austin, but I can see why the SEC would need to view each as the same in terms of judicial action.
Frustrating situation - this is a school where I would LOVE to have a strong presence, but I'm not sure it will ever happen again. The "Good Ol' Boy" network apparently extends to certain houses, but not to others, in these situations - I just don't know if it's right, or wrong.
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