2009/2010 Risk Management Charter Revocations and Suspensions

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

No, usually it's "unless you do something that gets you expelled."

The collegiate chapter's suspension does not prohibit them from joining an alumna chapter/club when they're out of school.

Oh, come on. We all know that's not the same thing and very cold comfort to an initiated freshman who can't join another group and has to go through the rest of her collegiate career watching other Greeks have fun at Greek week, mixers, meetings, philanthropies etc.

There are very few 18 year old women who join sororities to do the kind of activities that alumnae chapters do.

Also, JMO, that press release really needs reworded. Why would the university suspend the chapter according to Phi Mu's national policies? How do they even know what Phi Mu's national policies are?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Oh, come on. We all know that's not the same thing and very cold comfort to an initiated freshman who can't join another group and has to go through the rest of her collegiate career watching other Greeks have fun at Greek week, mixers, meetings, philanthropies etc.

There are very few 18 year old women who join sororities to do the kind of activities that alumnae chapters do.

Also, JMO, that press release really needs reworded. Why would the university suspend the chapter according to Phi Mu's national policies? How do they even know what Phi Mu's national policies are?

No, it's not. I get that. But if she's dreamed of Phi Mu and wants to stay involved, she can. It's not supposed to make up for what was lost, that was the punishment for whatever the chapter was doing. It sucks, but the people to be angry at are the people in the chapter participating in the actions. (As much as people protest innocence, I'd say its rare that truly innocent chapters are given 4 year suspensions. Not impossible but rare.)

And generally you can't join the alum chapter until after you graduate anyway.

I assumed because it was Phi Mu's press release the "why" was worded in their language. The line before it indicates that there may have been a University "value" that was violated - one I assume is agreed to by their presence on campus and existence as a student org. But obviously not enough detail to be sure.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Also, JMO, that press release really needs reworded. Why would the university suspend the chapter according to Phi Mu's national policies? How do they even know what Phi Mu's national policies are?

The general rule is that many college and university policies "override" (for lack of a better word) national policies.

The university may have communicated with a chapter advisor and other representative of the sorority beyond the chapter. That's how Greek Life tends to know what the policies for GLOs are--not to mention that some Greek Life offices get direct correspondence with the written hazing and academic policies, etc.