U. of Florida Suspends ATO Chapter

[adpiucf]

I must be sleep-deprived... When I first read this, I thought it said "sheep deprived...."

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

I must be sleep-deprived... When I first read this, I thought it said "sheep deprived...."

Hey, considering the highly variable quality of my tap-tap-typing, it could have.

(However, lots of us do try to stay away from "sheep" references -- don't want to encourage the old stereotypes and horror stories, y'know.)

[srmom]

What do ya'll think about the comment from

A True View from Inside the Greek System Hierarchy

I wonder if it is true that the allegation was made by the disgruntled relative of a pledge who wasn't initiated because he didn't attend all the required pledge functions.

Anyway, I think the university is overreacting if what the Alligator has reported as the "hazing" is all there is to it. Chores, pledge taxi, learning fraternity history, etc. sound like a pretty tame pledge period. Even the throwing in the mud pit sounds like a fun thing, unless they are thrown in in a dangerous way.

Sounds like silly boy stuff to me (I have 3 sons and there was alot of throwing in the mud over the years by each other, accompanied by alot of laughter).

[srmom]

There is also an editorial on this written by the editorial board. The comments are interesting. Seems that the Alligator may be heavily anti-Greek and they are being called on it.

At the same time, there is an article titled

Legalizing weed would lead to wealth

from October 30.

Marijuana will be decriminalized before 2015. When that day arrives, be prepared for exactly nothing horrible to happen. Your children won't be murdered at gunpoint. Your liquor store won't be robbed. There will, however, be some bitchin' parties.

Pizza sales will be up more than 400 percent. Solo Cup Co. will halt production of cups and increase its share in the napkin market.

How much else of our social landscape would change? If you're not a member of the "young disillusioners club," you know that people aren't going to smoke any more than they do now. Those who want to smoke five times a day already do, and those who wish to abstain would do so gracefully regardless of legality.

Pot wouldn't be smoked on the streets because there would be "open-joint laws." Weed wouldn't be puffed by latchkey kids any more than today because 15-year-olds are the ones who already get the best bud. And people won't go to work stoned because they would be fired just like the alcoholic down the street.

It will take a few years before the naysayers fully realize what marijuana can do for the country. While there won't be overnight changes, America will eventually benefit from the commercialization of pot.

Ummm, OK, - but cleaning rooms and being a designated driver is bad.

What a crazy paper!

[icicle22]

Originally Posted by srmom

What do ya'll think about the comment from

I wonder if it is true that the allegation was made by the disgruntled relative of a pledge who wasn't initiated because he didn't attend all the required pledge functions.

Anyway, I think the university is overreacting if what the Alligator has reported as the "hazing" is all there is to it. Chores, pledge taxi, learning fraternity history, etc. sound like a pretty tame pledge period. Even the throwing in the mud pit sounds like a fun thing, unless they are thrown in in a dangerous way.

Sounds like silly boy stuff to me (I have 3 sons and there was alot of throwing in the mud over the years by each other, accompanied by alot of laughter).

If people think learning fraternity history is so bad, then shouldn't learning history as a whole be considered hazing as well?
This so-called hazing allegation doesn't make sense.

[Tom Earp]

We do not think it makes sense, but, it actually does.

Sleep deprevation is a form of hazing, throwing them in a mud pit is hazing.

Do I want new members to learn about my Fraternity and Chapter damn right!

But in this day and age, it is not just alcohol and beatings that mean hazing.

It is anything that can bring physical or mental harm to a PNM.

That is just the way it is, period.

So either follow the rules or get banned and that helps none of us as GLOs.