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07-31-2007, 09:05 AM
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An SIUE fraternity president is being held on $1 million bond after being charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor, with one felony charge involving an attempted threat of a "murderous rampage" on a "highly populated university."
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In a post-Virginia Tech world, I am glad that the authorities are being harsh on such things.
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Oduwole, an undeclared freshman originally from Maplewood, N.J., was arrested Friday in his Cougar Village apartment by the SIUE Police.
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How did an undeclared freshman become President of a Greek organization?! That has to be a typo/error.
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07-31-2007, 09:10 AM
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How did an undeclared freshman become President of a Greek organization?! That has to be a typo/error.
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That was the first thing that stuck out to me as well.
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07-31-2007, 09:20 AM
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Speculation..... he may have pledged as a second semester freshman and no one else is left in the chapter, so he is President by default. Iota chapters tend to be small.
ETA: And he's "still" a freshman because maybe he failed some classes.
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07-31-2007, 10:03 AM
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I think the article said he was on academic suspension...
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07-31-2007, 10:08 AM
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Where's Starang? He's an Iota isn't he?
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07-31-2007, 10:33 AM
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When I first read the headline, I thought they meant the national organization's president, which he's NOT.
It's a strange story by any measure, but it seems much easier to understand how he might have become president if he is one of the very few members of a particular chapter.
What a shame that people are emphasizing his Greek affiliation in coverage of the story. What's up with that?
ETA: I admit that I didn't know was SIUE was, and the headline of the first story doesn't tip it off.
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07-31-2007, 10:38 AM
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What a shame that people are emphasizing his Greek affiliation in coverage of the story. What's up with that?
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In my opinion, to the average reader of the news, i think "fraternity chapter president" makes a more compelling story than "average slacker" which seems to be more accurate. I'd expect something similar if he was captain of a sports team.
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07-31-2007, 12:03 PM
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Speculation..... he may have pledged as a second semester freshman and no one else is left in the chapter, so he is President by default. Iota chapters tend to be small.
ETA: And he's "still" a freshman because maybe he failed some classes.
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But from what I understand they were pretty active at both SIUs.
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07-31-2007, 04:17 PM
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But from what I understand they were pretty active at both SIUs.
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The Iota chapter here at SIUC is pretty active, but I'm not sure about the one at SIUE.
What's interesting, I read in our campus newspaper back in April or May about a fraternity president at SIUE getting in trouble and when I heard about his when it started, I assumed it was the same thing. Now I'm wondering what I heard about initially.
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07-31-2007, 09:59 PM
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The Iota chapter here at SIUC is pretty active, but I'm not sure about the one at SIUE.
What's interesting, I read in our campus newspaper back in April or May about a fraternity president at SIUE getting in trouble and when I heard about his when it started, I assumed it was the same thing. Now I'm wondering what I heard about initially.
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You are right fellow Salukian, this did happen back then.
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07-31-2007, 09:18 AM
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Freshman by hours? Yeah I don't know how that works either, and SIUE doesn't do anything funny with their class ranking either I don't think.
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