Three Hospitalized (Alcohol) at U of Central Florida

[SparklySmile]

yea i acctually know the pledges that were involved in the whole situation 3 years ago. they are currently brothers. But the media's facts are so incorrect and blown out of proportion. Theres a meeting on friday to see what UCF decides. Hopefully they will be able to keep their house, bc we've all seen the drama that UCF is STILL having with Pike and their house.

Media does tend to blow fraternity and sorority events out of wack when shit hits the fan...

Damn media....

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by SparklySmile

yea i acctually know the pledges that were involved in the whole situation 3 years ago. they are currently brothers. But the media's facts are so incorrect and blown out of proportion. Theres a meeting on friday to see what UCF decides. Hopefully they will be able to keep their house, bc we've all seen the drama that UCF is STILL having with Pike and their house.

I'm not saying who's right and who's wrong in this situation but...

if fraternities and sororities didn't give the media something to talk about, there wouldn't be this problem.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

if fraternities and sororities didn't give the media something to talk about, there wouldn't be this problem.

Bingo, Bingo!

"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time..."

[Elephant Walk]

I'm sure it's been said, but they're shutting UCF SAE down.

[FL-E1973]

The Pike house is empty because it is not up to code from hurricane damage etc. The leases at SAE are still being honored, noone is being forced to move out.

[exlurker]

The press release posted on Sigma Alpha Epsilon's IHQ web site says:

Press Releases

Central Florida Chapter Closes
ORLANDO, FL – The Sigma Alpha Epsilon headquarters has closed its chapter at the University of Central Florida. This move comes as a result of hazing allegations that took place on October 26, 2006. All members of the chapter are now considered suspended, and the pledge class will be disbanded. In addition, the board of directors will seek to revoke membership rights from those members who took part in the incidents at the chapter house that night.

University of Central Florida administrators support the decision and continue their investigation. The chapter must still appear before a university judicial board, where it may face further sanctions. In addition, university law enforcement may come forth with charges against individual chapter members.

The decision comes on the heels of an ongoing investigation by the fraternity headquarters after officials reviewed university police reports detailing hazing and other inappropriate behavior. Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s leadership will not condone behavior that violates risk-management policies or the general guidelines for chapter operations. Details in the police report disturb fraternity leaders.

“These types of behavior go against everything we stand for, especially being gentlemen,” said Brandon Weghorst, spokesman for the headquarters. “But we’re taking it a step further. We plan to make an example of this chapter by revoking membership from a large number of brothers. Hazing will not be tolerated, and their actions will suffer consequences.”

A chapter advisor who lives in Orlando notified members in person on Wednesday of the closure. The chapter’s charter will remain suspended, not revoked, for an indefinite period of time. Depending on what university officials decide, Sigma Alpha Epsilon may choose to return with a new group of students in several years.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon operates 215 chapters across the country. The chapter at the University of Central Florida is classified as the Florida Epsilon chapter.

http://www.sae.net/?r=newsroom&sr=pr...=115&art_cat=2

[fifi225]

Originally Posted by FL-E1973

The Pike house is empty because it is not up to code from hurricane damage etc. The leases at SAE are still being honored, noone is being forced to move out.

Among other things. There were some structural modifications made to the house, beams removed to make a loft, load bearing walls compromised etc etc etc that (from what the fire marshall told me) have contributed to the house being deemd "unsafe". It needs a lot of work.

The SAE house isn't in bad shape, before I graduated Theta rushed out of there. (I should mention that the guys were never anything but amazingly nice to us and helpful) and we also worked on homecoming stuff over there. It's really a very nice house inside.

[adpiucf]

Originally Posted by fifi225

Among other things. There were some structural modifications made to the house, beams removed to make a loft, load bearing walls compromised etc etc etc that (from what the fire marshall told me) have contributed to the house being deemd "unsafe". It needs a lot of work.

Holy cow. I'd forgotten all about the Pike house "lofts." LOL.

ETA: With there being two vacant chapter houses on campus, I hope that Chi Omega will finally be able to get on-campus housing. Anyone who goes to UCF will (for the most part) agree that sorority housing should take priority over the fraternities.

[alphagamgirlie]

Originally Posted by FL-E1973

The Pike house is empty because it is not up to code from hurricane damage etc. The leases at SAE are still being honored, noone is being forced to move out.

And a wall was removed in the Pike house, so it's def unsafe to live in it until it's fixed.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I'm not saying who's right and who's wrong in this situation but...

if fraternities and sororities didn't give the media something to talk about, there wouldn't be this problem.

I have to agree as well. The only time I have ever seen/heard of a dorm problem was a few years ago when one had a fire. And the school and policies became the story.

[ufdale]

So I just watched Orlando's news (my "local" news even though I live 2hrs away) about the fraternity. It was unbelievably biased and anti-greek! They were talking about ritual and their outrage that police weren't allowed in because the fraternity was holding "ritual" (the added emphasis was given by the news, not me). It seemed their purpose in covering this story was just to belittle SAE and the UCF greek system in general. I loved how when the news shifted from a cheerleader who died from suspected alcohol abuse to this story the broadcaster said something like "in other alcohol related news for UCF..." WTF News spins like that just disgust me.

[FL-E1973]

Yeah they also neglected to report on the shooting death that happened across the street the same night in a university affiliated housing complex.

[fifi225]

Originally Posted by ufdale

It was unbelievably biased and anti-greek! They were talking about ritual and their outrage that police weren't allowed in because the fraternity was holding "ritual" (the added emphasis was given by the news, not me).

In all fairness...I think the quotes were used in context of this:

Originally Posted by _

At first, investigators were told they could not go inside because a "ritual" was being performed, police said. When officers entered, they saw seven or eight crawling men wearing bras and women's underpants and one man sobbing on the floor and wearing a rainbow-colored wig and a diaper.

One man wearing a pink tank top, women's underwear and a blond wig lay on the floor vomiting while another participant held his head up, the report states.

I hate to be the one to say it, but if a groups ritual routinely inolves crawling around on the floor in bras and panties, wearing wigs and diapers...the quotations are certainly deserved. Things like that make a mockery of the true word and meaning of "ritual".

I'm not saying the report wasn't exaggerated. But IF (and that's a big if) all that stuff written about what was going on in that house is true, I think the "added emphasis" was rather justified.

As for me? The gentlemen of SAE at UCF have never been anything but that to me, gentlemen. I hope that what ever action is taken is fair and unbiased.

[adpiucf]

Both the pledges who participated and the brothers who arranged this "ritual" deserve to be expelled from UCF. Talk about stupid.

Prancing around in fairy wands and ladies' panties is not what I would have expected from SAE at UCF. These men are an embarrassment to the university and their fraternity.