Delta Chi Suspended at Colorado (Boulder)

[Xidelt]

Didn't another Colorado fraternity chapter just get in trouble for messing up an elevator and cars in the parking lot at a hotel? Wasn't there a lawsuit involved? Not the best time to be a fraternity man at Colorado...

[LXAAlum]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

Didn't another Colorado fraternity chapter just get in trouble for messing up an elevator and cars in the parking lot at a hotel? Wasn't there a lawsuit involved? Not the best time to be a fraternity man at Colorado...

That was Pi Kappa Phi at CSU - still an ongoing case, as far as I know...

[exlurker]

A little more about the Delta Chi motel incident:

http://dailycamera.com/news/2008/feb...to-re-recruit/

Excerpt from the article:

. . . The new members who were arrested visited the Super 8 Motel on Tuesday and apologized, said motel manager Vincent Chung.

"They felt very sorry," Chung said. "They said their parents are willing to pay."

He said the damage amounts to almost $20,000.

"It's bad," Chung said. "I've never seen that kind of vandalism."

But, Chung said, he accepted the students' apology.

"I can understand that they are kids," he said. "They drink and stuff." . . .

Let’s do the math. Nine arrested, “almost $20,000” damages (alleged / estimated) = approximately $2200 per set of parents. For some parents that could be a true burden; for others, it might not even be noticeable.

EDITED TO ADD:
Is it a relatively slow news day or what? The story is featured on the ABC News main site, as well as on the site of WCBS, the flagship New York CBS outlet.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4316184&page=1

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/delta.c....2.658770.html

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Excerpt from the article:

. . . "They felt very sorry," Chung said. "They said their parents are willing to pay."
. . .

Let’s do the math. Nine arrested, “almost $20,000” damages (alleged / estimated) = approximately $2200 per set of parents. For some parents that could be a true burden; for others, it might not even be noticeable.

And somehow saying that "their parents are willing to pay" just reinforced so many bad stereotypes of Greeks.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

And somehow saying that "their parents are willing to pay" just reinforced so many bad stereotypes of Greeks.

Well, sure.
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Edited 2/21/08 to add: The Delta Chi HQ press release about the incident and investiagtion is on their web site at:
http://www.deltachi.org/news/colorado.php