Letter Chapter Probation Letter Draft

I am writing you on behalf of the undergraduate Chapter of Delta Upsilon at San Jose State University to formally respond to the allegations that have led to the emergency suspension of the chapter on May 14, 2016. Let me start by stating that we understand the seriousness of the issues at hand and intend to provide a detailed response and accountability to resolve the International Fraternity and the university concerns with our chapter. I am working directly with the alumni chapter advisor and corporation board members to fully document our understanding of the issues and the action plan we have proposed to resolve the allegations and issues.

The Gamma Upsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority , Incorporated was organized in Monroe, North Carolina in 1964. The chapter was reactivated August 14, 2000 at the 78th International Boule in St. Louis, Missouri. The chapter has continued to implement the sorority’s mission to enhance the quality of life in the community by giving, uplifting, and serving one service project at a

Chapter events must be planned with respect for the academic responsibilities of each member and must follow Risk Management Procedures. All planning must be in accordance with current Fraternity Bylaws, Standing Rules and Policies and local, state/provincial, and federal laws.

Students are getting sexually assaulted and even dying because the federal government does not track hazing incidents. The Piazza family wants Penn State University to take more steps that include providing students a way to report such incidences anonymously in real time. University leaders describe the challenge of reforming fraternity culture as a balancing act. Schools have taken steps to limit alcohol and mandate anti-hazing workshops, but these tragedies continue to occur with alarming regularity

Introduction: The purpose of this focus group is to identify why members of fraternities and sororities, groups that contain elements of a primary, intimate, and task group, continue membership after their organization enters into the storming phase during a particular task or group development. In order to achieve this, I will need to ask individual sorority and fraternity chapters about their intragroup conflict, membership perceptions, and why they choose to stay in an organization that they may disagree with. Each year, fraternity and sorority chapters receive new members, and every year the dynamics of their collectivist, primary, intimate, task group change. While their values do not change, the personality of the group does, causing members to feel out of place. In the stage of conflict, the members gossip, have cognitive dissonance, and question authority, all

Pursuing the dream of obtaining membership into the First Intercollegiate Greek Fraternity for African Americans, Alpha Phi Alpha, Inc. is one of very few ultimate goals in my life. An organization that was founded to stimulate the ambitions of its members and prepare them for great usefulness within the community has since become one of the most well respected organizations in America. Over one hundred years later, the pivotal movement in 1906 has spread to over the entire country in different collegiate chapters and cities across America and the impact has been tremendous. To some individuals, I was considered very lucky to be reared in the upbringing I experienced. But in my eyes it was a double edged sword.

Can I say something that has been on my mind for awhile now? I believe that I am one of the few members on the Executive Board who has been shown less respect by everyone else on it including other members of the fraternity. I understand I may not voice my opinion during our Executive Board meetings. However, it is depressing that every time we have a meeting, every other member of the Executive Board repeats themselves over and over again until everyone agrees with one another. That is not how a Fraternity functions. It is a fucking embarrassment that we have had three title nine cases against Chi Phi in the past month. It’s February 23rd. We’ve been here since what, January 21th? All certain people from the Executive Board care about is changing internal affairs within our fraternity “so that they can be remembered”. How about we focus less on what to wear at Chapter and more about how to put a stop on having consistent Title Nine cases against Chi Phi.

The Fraternity does not take cultural insensitivity lightly, and I want to apologize for the misstep taken during the program presented to you by one of the Every Member Education Trainers. The last thing we want to have happen is to have our collegiate members feel upset over any programs presented. This could have opened dialogue about a subject that is relevant to all of us. It is disappointing that this opportunity was missed.

well-functioning, high-performing chapter must be closed because of university administrators’ misguided decisions, it’s nothing short of devastating. The temporary suspension of chapter operations of our Eta Theta Chapter, Harvard, has become a cautionary tale about the ramifications of misplaced blame and arbitrary sanctions. In response to a 2015 sexual conduct survey administered to students, the Harvard Sexual Assault Prevention Task Force expressed in its March 2016 report a need to address the “‘distinctive problems’ unrecognized single-sex social organizations, particularly final clubs, pose

Phi Delta Theta was exacerbating rapidly before the policy was in place. It came to the point that “Alcohol abuse had led to [a] horrible image damage that curtailed [their] ability to recruit [members] and campus leaders” (“Reason Why PDT…”). With the excess of alcohol, new members did not even desire joining the fraternity. Something had to be done about binge drinking, so in 1997 the General Council of that fraternity decided to implement the Alcohol-Free Housing Policy. Around the world, chapters of Phi Delta Theta were given from 1997 to July 1, 2000 to implement this “paradigm shift on their campus” (“A Fraternity with Alcohol-Free Housing”). This same policy should be incorporated in all fraternities and sororities. The campus official who owns the house, whether it be a local house corporation, the College or University or another entity simply goes to the General Council of the designated fraternity or sorority and expresses the solution of banning alcohol in the chapter’s house. This process may take some time, as it did with Sigma Nu and Phi Delta Theta, but it is definitely advantageous. Furthermore, a chapter in the Greek glossary refers to a specific fraternity or sorority on a campus. The reason the time frame of three years for Sigma Nu and

After the disastrous fire in 1971 that practically destroyed the DKE House, the game changed at 132 S. Columbia Street. That cataclysmic event, coupled with an antagonistic administration and a weakened active chapter-alumni connection, resulted in one the biggest struggles in our fraternity’s history.

Recently, the idea of partaking in a fraternity has become more prevalent. Young adults are captivated with wanting to live the Greek life. The clothes and parties seem to drawn in teens like a magnet. However what these teens do not realize is the terrible things associated with fraternities. Many fraternities have a reputation for turning college students into drunks, treating women vulgarly, enacting violent hazing against other fraternity members and disrupting the true reason why students go to college. For these reasons fraternities should be banned altogether on college campuses.

This meeting was the fraternities first meeting of the fall semester. As the President of the fraternity, it is my responsibility to welcome those in attendance and to maximize recruiting

The list goes on and on about the problems that will occur for sexual misconduct. School involvement, law enforcement, and more important reputation ruined and dishonor brought to this fraternity. As men we must hold our heads higher and understand that one wrong action could ruin our lives and entire college experience. The fine line between what is right and wrong should not be flirted with staying smart is much better in the long run.

Serves as a permanent record of the chapter’s year and as part of the chapter history.