WSU Sigma Nu Charter Revoked (Hazing)

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by SNUIGC

It sucks that WSU chapter was shut down for hazing... I actually know a couple of people up there and they swear up and down that there wasn't any hazing going on at all. But, I mean, didn't HQ do a thorough inspection of everything that was going on?

I think I've said it elsewhere -- when I was a colony member, I was LC. I'll skip the gory details, but long story short, we booted a guy. The next week or so, our EC gets a phone call from HQ. Apparently, this fella and his mother (HIS MOTHER!) both called our hazing prevention hotline and reported our chapter for hazing. Someone from HQ called us, I believe it was the director of expansion, I don't know.. the EC got that call. At any rate, the guy and his mother had contrived some story about us hazing. The folks at HQ thought it was the funniest thing they'd heard in awhile. They just called to let us know that we had nothing to worry about.

The moral of the story is that our HQ won't generally act on anything (at least in my experience) without a lot more than a kid and his mommy making allegations.

As for those Acronyms, LC and EC refer to Sigma Nu offices -- LC is like Executive Vice President, EC = President.

[Sigma Nu ZK550]

Sigma Nu was founded against hazing. We all Know that . That being said , we have to guard ourselves against weaklings who confuse hard work with hazing. Mopping a floor, mowing a lawn trimming a hedge, painting the house! This is not hazing. This is showing an interest in the house a future Knight will someday call his own.
Sigma Nu Epsilon Tau Tau
ZK550

[Kevin]

Well said brother.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Well said brother.

Yes, it was.

But with the definition (or lack thereof) of hazing these days, you can still lose your charter for those seemingly harmless things.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Yes, it was.

But with the definition (or lack thereof) of hazing these days, you can still lose your charter for those seemingly harmless things.

Which is why it's mandatory in our organization that there be semesterly Risk Reduction meetings which are mandatory for all members to attend. We have to have everyone sign a sheet. Said sheet is mailed each semester to HQ.

In other words, there's no excuse for ignorance. Everyone should know that dressing up in a manner not normally publicly acceptable, scavenger hunts, etc. are verboten.

Also, I doubt HQ would close a chapter based on "harmless" evidence as you call it -- even if it were hazing. There are much less extreme ways of dealing with a chapter. I have no inside info, but I tend to think that the only way HQ closes a chapter is when that chapter is not being forthcoming with HQ regarding whatever conspiracy or HQ thinks that the culture of the chapter has become so corrupt that the only way to "fix" the chapter is to take the scorched earth approach, destroy it and then rebuild it.

[couggirl]

My cousin is a Sigma Chi from WSU. I am just curious as to when they lost their house? I have not taked to him in a while and have not been to campus in years, but last time I heard all the fraternaties had houses.

[SigKapCoug]

Originally Posted by couggirl

My cousin is a Sigma Chi from WSU. I am just curious as to when they lost their house? I have not taked to him in a while and have not been to campus in years, but last time I heard all the fraternaties had houses.

Sigma Chi has not had a chapter house since I've been on campus (fall 2005). If they did, I assume they sold it when they left campus (I think the group now is a re-colonization, but I could be wrong).

TKE is also unhoused - when they were shut down Phi Kappa Sigma/Skullhouse moved in.

SAE is unhoused as well, but only until December when renovations are complete.

The rest of the WSU fraternities and the NPC sororities (+ Ceres) are housed.