Rush infraction penalties

[Gusteau]

Sorry for the lane swerve, but I have a slight issue with using community service as a punishment. Besides the possibility to use it for positive recognition, I think it sends a really bad message to say that community service is a punishment. Yes, it is a way to provide positive results from a bad situation, but at what cost? If our organizations are trying to promote a positive image of leadership, scholarship, service, and brotherhood/sisterhood we should not be doling out something we want to do as a penalty for rule breaking.

Just my two cents...

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

Sorry for the lane swerve, but I have a slight issue with using community service as a punishment. Besides the possibility to use it for positive recognition, I think it sends a really bad message to say that community service is a punishment. Yes, it is a way to provide positive results from a bad situation, but at what cost? If our organizations are trying to promote a positive image of leadership, scholarship, service, and brotherhood/sisterhood we should not be doling out something we want to do as a penalty for rule breaking.

Just my two cents...

I see where you're coming from, but community service is used as a punishment far more often by our courts than it is by a Campus Panhellenic Council.

Also, OP... you might want to change your location and some of the other identifying data in your post (your position on CPC included).

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by agzg

I see where you're coming from, but community service is used as a punishment far more often by our courts than it is by a Campus Panhellenic Council.

It's a completely different situation when used by the courts. In court-ordered community service, the message is intended to be "you have harmed the community by your actions, so you need to make up for it by helping the community with your actions."

Here, these same sororities will be using "look at our philanthropy/community service" as a recruiting plus to highlight the positives of Greek life. Using community service as a punishment sends a very mixed message: "Community service is a great and positive thing that we do because we care and it helps us make a difference. Or because we're being punished."