AKL suspended for 2yrs

[macallan25]

God forbid fraternity members drink in their house.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by macallan25

God forbid fraternity members drink in their house.

Well, yeah, on some level, I hear what you are saying, I think.

But we're at the stage where GLOs or colleges have decided that for issues related to liability, drinking in the house is frequently forbidden. Certainly, nobody is going to be happy about members providing alcohol to underaged new members.

I think hitting these guys hard on this is a mistake especially because it was self-reported. The only thing I believe it would have been realistic to hope the guys would have done differently is to take the guy to the hospital after the head injury instead of waiting until he went the next day.

[AGDem]

As a Truman student myself, this is incredibly unfortunate. The AKL's had a very strong chapter here with an absolutely beautiful house. I remember hearing of this incident when it originally occured, however, there have been other whispers going on around campus. I also feel that the punishment is a bit harsh, especially considering other issues their chapter has had to deal with as of late.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by macallan25

God forbid fraternity members drink in their house.

Most of us agree that, to some extent, the drinking laws are silly. At least I do. Most of us also know that college aged students are going to drink. Most of us would have no problem with students drinking in their own living quarters -- whether that be a fraternity house, dorm, apartment -- whatever.

But, although a lot of people don't like it -- it's still against the law, no matter how bad the law is.

GLO's cannot ignore the law. They can't afford to.

That's why this stuff happens -- and will continue to happen until the laws are changed.

Even if it sucks.

[exlurker]

Update Jan. 25, 2007

AKL's appeal was denied, according to an article in the school paper. A further appeal is planned:

http://media.www.trumanindex.com/med...epublisher.com

[Tom Earp]

As we can see, many more schools and GLOs are getting more restrictive on R M situations.

It may be a hard lesson learned. But I give them an A + for effort to try to hold things together.

After all, an 80 + member chapter and a fairly new house are nothing to sneeze at.

I can only wish them luck.