Five Towson Sororities on Probation (Alcohol)

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Originally Posted by SydneyK

Each chapter is being held responsible, hence the probations. And unless you're privy to private discussions amongst the university and its employees, you're probably unaware of what repercussions the panhellenic adviser is facing. It seems, from what little info I have to go on, the university is making a smart move by placing certain chapters on probation. And if the chapters in question were identified (at least in part) because of pictures on facebook, then perhaps these chapters will learn to represent themselves a little more smartly.



It's unfair for you to hold the university responsible for "ruining" the NMs' experiences. The university didn't force the recruitment counselors to drink. NMs have only their drunk counselors to thank for that (if, in fact, NMs would say that their Bid Day was ruined because their counselors were drunk). Regarding the NMs year being ruined because of probations... well, the probation is in effect until, what?, Spring Break? So, that's roughly five calendar months. One of those months is winter break, so there's really no loss there. So, they're really looking at four months of no mixers/formals. For this kind of infraction, I'm inclined to think that four months is quite lenient.

I understand that it's a bad situation. But until I find out more about what actually happened, and based on what I've read so far, I'm supportive of the university's decision. It'll be interesting to see what, if anything, NPC has to say about this.

I don't know how the university is dealing with their own employees...that is the problem. For the university to pretend that the chapters on this campus are the only problems in this situation is ridiculous! They have done everything they can to paint these chapters as rogue groups breaking rules that have been strictly enforced which is far from the truth. If they want to publicize this incident, they should publicize the whole truth. This event did not occur in a vacuum. My opinion is that everything that led up to this event occurring should be aired so that it doesn't happen again. The university apparently doesn't care about the bad press to the sororities and their (inter)national groups, but they won't accept the bad press that they deserve as well. As for the NMs, the recruitment counselors were definitely the cause of any ruined bid day experiences, but again, this didn't occur without the knowledge and implied consent of the panhellenic advisor. I think they were all wrong in this event. I certainly don't condone underage drinking or drinking on campus. These women made very poor decisions, but I don't feel their sisters are the cause of this or are guilty of the offense. We don't punish family members for the offenses of their children/siblings, etc. Why is an entire organization guilty for the offenses of a single member? Where does this stop? Are the sisters from another campus to blame as well? The (inter)national organization?