Dropped by fraternity on initiation day???

[Kevin]

Unless we knew the particular fraternity, we could hardly begin to unravel this. Different groups have different membership criteria and procedures and not all of it gets to be public knowledge. I know that in my undergrad days (well over a decade ago), we once had a parent call HQ on behalf of their son who we had just expelled. It was treated by our HQ as a joke. If your son thinks he's been done wrong, he's an adult, he needs to look into that and be responsible for himself. No respectable international fraternity exists in a universe where we have to answer to the mommies and daddies of actual adults.

Sorry this happened. There's probably a perfectly logical explanation, but you may never know--and you're not really entitled to know.

[2greekkids]

I really don't want to share the group. That's his call. This is not my son. My son is a Sigma Nu alum (graduated last year) and thankfully all of his fraternity experiences have been positive. My daughter is an AE Phi at another school and they mix with this fraternity (totally different chapter). This is my nephew and we aren't trying to step in. We are just trying to understand. This was unlike anything I have ever heard of and I can't imagine it would be sanctioned. Had they cut him weeks before I'd understand better, but to let him come dressed for initiation and subject him to what occurred seems cruel.

[NWguy]

I feel very bad for your nephew and hope for a better ending to this unusual circumstance.

Our chapter did a last-minute vote just before Initiation began. That was the last time we could drop anyone from continuing - and it required a substantial vote + pledge master approval - so, this situation sounds odd and warrants an explanation.