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Originally Posted by Firehouse
I haven't posted in a long time but this issue - knocking fraternities off campus - concerns me. The administration at UCF is known in the state for being the most bullying/authoritarian toward its strong Greek chapters. The culture in the state of Florida is not one that produces an overabundance of 'obedient' undergraduate-age guys. I think it's hilarious that LXA has struck back at UCF in this way, although one of the earlier posters is right: if the sorority girls don't buy in their new group they'll fail in a year or so. But even with the Nazi-like cloud over the system, don't be surprised to see the individual sorority members push back at the University's dictates.
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I know I'm a bit late in commenting on this thread, but the above is exactly right. UCF has lost all of its strongest chapters in a little over 10 years. It was spawned from incidents with two separate fraternities in the mid 00's. Ever since then UCF has been overzealous with taking down fraternity and sorority chapters for much smaller incidents that could easily be handled by suspending the offending members rather than the whole group.
I've talked to many friends affiliated with various GLOs at UCF during the time I was there. I've also seen many Facebook posts regarding this. There are very few alumni condemning this group. In fact, most have said they hope this serves as a lesson to UCF administration.
There should be oversight of these organizations, but the heavy-handed approach by UCF has backfired. I admit that I hope this group is successful in getting UCF to understand that they need to back off a bit.