Miami University Pi Beta Phi Suspended

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Originally Posted by MUGreek2011

It's all politics, as is seen yet again with the recent punishments of Pi Phi and Fuzzie. Take some time to read the letters from the Pi Phi and Fuzzie formals back to back. Tell me which is worse, and if you show me someone who tries to justify Pi Phi (with a history of showing up drunk to the few philanthropies they actually attend) getting 1 year off and Fuzzie (involved on campus, no bad history) getting 2 I'll show you a liar. Our administration thought back to the Princeton Review slamming Miami for a lack of diversity, and decided that they couldn't afford to be seen as giving a slap on the wrist for bad behavior at the Freedom Center. I have been told that this was the first large event held at the Freedom Center, so they didn't know what to expect. While the drinking and trashed bathrooms are certainly not appropriate, they are not really that far outside the realm of expectations for a formal. Obviously the student attempting to pee on a monument is completely unacceptable, but that was a date and the girls certainly didn't condone it.

I would make the argument that while the Fuzzie girls were not well-behaved, the Freedom Center never should have been hosting an event like that in the first place. But they are hard up for cash, as the center has lost money every year since it opened to the best of my knowledge, so they are looking for any possible additional revenue (see: the spokesman suggesting they come back for a tour in the fall). They deserve a punishment, but social probation is more appropriate, not kicking off for 2 years a chapter that contributes on campus.

On the other hand, Pi Phi showed a complete disregard and treated the staff at their formal as if they weren't even human, with one responding to a worker telling her a stall was out of order by saying, "You don't understand..I don't care." The rest of their actions that night reflected that attitude. Pi Phi not getting the 2 year kiss of death is a joke. They earned it. I'm extremely disappointed by the way our administration has handled greek life over the past few years, and the way they have handled these two cases is absolutely despicable. Instead of doing the right thing, they are ruining the sorority experience for a whole chapter (Fuzzie) in an attempt to save face with the African American community. The university was going to take a massive image hit once the Pi Phi letter went public anyway, so throwing Fuzzie under the bus wasn't going to help anything. They deserve a reprimand, but not to have their whole experience ended.

Um, as a member of Alpha Xi Delta and a black woman I am embarrassed and I feel that the punishment is justified. These ladies were representing their organization, their school and themselves. All 3 were let down. Just because it’s a "black" museum, would it make it any better if they were at the natural history museum and started playing baseball with a dinosaur bone? NO!! It would not.

The freedom center is a beautiful building, with gorgeous views. My wedding reception of 250 was held there. It is a venue that can really make a memorable event. So when you say they have never had an event there, that BS.

Additionally I also feel that the women of Pi Beta Phi should have received the same treatment. You state that these women showed total disregard for others, well so did AXiD. I think that the punishments should have been equalized but we don’t know all of the other things that were going on behind the scenes.

And on reading more and more about these incidents, (because it’s on every news & radio station here in Cincinnati) it reminds me as to the reason I chose not to attend Miami for my undergrad. IMO, everything there turns into a black or white thing. But I digress; I won’t get started on that tangent.


But bad behavior is bad behavior.