If I was kicked out of a pledge class, can I rush other fraternities?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

Even if you didn't drink as a freshman, I just can't see an 18 year old drinking too much as a surprise. Your average 18 year old WILL make stupid choices, probably lots of varied levels of stupid choices. I've never had a problem with the new member that has a bad night because she's never had that much to drink before. She might embarrass herself, but if she's learned her lesson and doesn't repeat the indecent, no problem. That doesn't necessarily add up to a "wild drinker". Now the new member that gets that out of control at every party is a different story...that's a sign that she's going to be causing trouble for a good long while, and some sort of action needs to be taken from a reprimand to expulsion.

Though in a fraternity, I would think drinking is even less of a surprise. Mind you, this is from my experience around fraternities at my campus, Auburn, UA, Ole Miss, etc. If this kid hasn't pulled a similar stunt before, I think expelling him seems overboard. But who knows...maybe this is incident #2, 3, or 4...?

Like agzg (I think) said earlier, if this was 1) a brand new organization or 2) an organization that's already being watched by the school/IHQ, they might not want to take the risk, even if the behavior was not uncommon for someone his age.