Crackdown: Underage Drinking Arrests at Ball State (Lambda Chi Alpha party)

[BSUPhiSig'92]

My experience has always been that
"Membership Review"=Chapter Re-Organization.
It sounds like Lambda Chi will be kicking out some of it's members.

[john1082]

I'm an LXA alumnus and the current chapter advisor at Cal State Fullerton. I have been a part of and conducted membership reviews. I promise you that they are not pleasant.

Yes, we will have fewer brothers at Ball State. And that is sad. These are young men that I will never have a chance to know as brothers.

Yet, the chapter members did some really dumb things. Despite warnings they continued to serve minors, and that is wrong. They did so at a major party. That is just plain STUPID.

I know that if I am even in the same county, and Fullerton gets busted for under age drinking, the Fullerton PD will come to my house and arrest me - just because!

I cannot condone what Ball State did. I don't know if the media quotes are accurate. Ball State PD may have overreacted. But it doesn't really matter. The University climate was such that an underage drinking problem was going to get stomped on - hard - and all the kids knew it.

As Jim Croce said "Don't Pull the Mask On The Old Lone Ranger"

I am fearful that the same thing may happen at Fullerton despite my best efforts. In a way I would welcome some action as an attention getter step but I fear that it would not be a gentle touch. And I don't want to go to the "Gray-Bar Hotel" for this.

Bottom line is that Ball State screwed up. Others may be doing it too, but I don't care about the others. I care about my fraternity at Ball State and I am saddened.

[JoinerLxa]

Have been so busy, haven't had a chance to catch up on
Greek Chat.

I'm sad to hear about the BSU chapter....about 4 years
ago, I was considering becoming their High Pi....didn't
have one at the time, and I was on campus on a regular
basis.

They'd had some "trouble" back then, esp. at party's,
had lost membership, and were just re-organizing at
the time. I got a new job and left the area and never
heard much from them.

I did talk with the (then) dean of students about their situation...
he seemed "supportive" as long as they kept their "noses
clean" (out of the newspaper and out of police reports!)...
but I think he's retired.

One of their biggest supporters (financially) was an alum
who owns the Meijer's chain of stores (I think that's
the name)....used to give alot of $$$, but was rarely
coming around 3-4 years ago.

anyway, my 2cc