Last Thursday, the Concordiensis reported that Delta Delta Delta had been suspended pending investigation of the events on Oct. 7. The information came from an email sent by Director of Greek Life Timothy Dunn to Greek leaders.
[pullquote]“I hope the entire campus community will respect the integrity of the sisters and keep comments to themselves while the investigation is still ongoing.”
Kelsey Mulvihill ‘12
President of the
Panhellenic Council[/pullquote]
Director of Campus Safety Christopher Hayen confirmed that four students were transported to Ellis Hospital from the Raymond/Potter House area between 10:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7 and 1:17 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8. Hayen reported that all four transports were due to “alcohol referrals” by Campus Safety officers on scene.
The Concordiensis obtained information regarding the events of Oct. 7 under the Clery Act, which requires all colleges that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses.
“[The campus community] has a right to know,” said Hayen in a phone interview. “Presenting the facts and statistics under Clery is one of our biggest priorities.”
Campus Safety is still investigating the nature of the alcohol-related transports from Oct. 7. According to Dunn, Campus Safety will present the results of their investigation to the Greek judicial board, which will make a recommendation to the Dean of about the appropriate response.
“I hope the entire campus community will respect the integrity of the sisters and keep comments to themselves while the investigation is still ongoing,” said Kelsey Mulvihill ‘12, president of the Panhellenic Council and a Delta Delta Delta sister.
Although Dunn has not seen how the charges against the sorority will fall out, he noted that the Greek point system has a protocol for policy infractions.
“If you have offenses and you hit ten points,” said Dunn, “then the board doesn’t issue a recommendation, and you go before the three other deans and they make a recommendation about whether the chapter remains in existence.”
However, Dunn assured students that the outcome of the investigation will not affect the other fraternities and sororities on campus. “It’s a myth. Title IX requires us to have equal offerings, but closing one sorority or fraternity doesn’t have any implications for the others,” he said.
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life will release a statement to the campus after a decision is made. “We will let the disciplinary process run its course,” said Dunn.
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Since when are the Greek fraternities and sororities exempt from being called out on their infractions. Obviously there will be an investigation regarding the Delta Delta Delta sorority but it’s not like the entire campus didn’t already know what was going on. Why should a student newspaper be held hostage by a group of women (and their supporters) whose representatives went out and misrepresented their sorority by getting extremely drunk? As a parent of a Union student I find it inexcusable that students are drinking to that capacity anyway. It’s not cute or pretty. Grow up ladies! If you want to party, have a good time, but if you want to drink to excess then learn how to deal with the possible fallout that comes with it. The Delta Delta Delta sisters were the cause of the problem not the newspaper. I hope you get a harsh reality check as well as disciplinary action suited to your crime.
To the comment above… please do not try to defend your daughters lack of journalism skills. We understand that you are a parent of a Union Student…a union student who decided to post slander in the school news paper and was harshly treated (with good reason). My humble advice would be to advise your daughter that the next time she decides to write a 7 sentence “article” in the paper releasing information that she may have heard by just sitting in Reamer that she should at least have the balls to put her name on the article instead of cowardly hiding behind her the name “anonymous”. Have some decency and respect towards those students who are going through a hard time and give them space. And who are you to judge ANY student..did you know that 6 students a weekend get transported to the hospital? It happens, people make mistakes (i’m sure your lovely daughter has made many) and those girls will learn from their mistakes. How dare you judge any student when you do not even know the situation or state that they were in (notice how valid information has yet to make it into any of these articles!) So Colleen, my DEEPEST regards are extended to you and your poor daughter who might be getting bullied at school for involving herself in an issue that nobody should be involved in besides the delta delta delta members and the administration. Let your daughter defend herself and take some of your own advice…GROW UP.
I don’t really condone the “bullying” that is mentioned in this comment, but I do agree that the Concordy jumped the gun a tad. I mean, would they be singing the same tune if campus safety wrote up drunk people naked at an Ozone party? There would probably be an article about the injustice of campus safety limiting self-expression, but not one implying that Ozone was at fault in any way for fostering that type of environment. Colleen, let’s not pretend that you like Greek life or that the author of that article does either. Instead, the author probably overheard something about it and jumped at the chance to make it publicly know, thus allowing her bias against Greeks to get in the way of her journalistic integrity (even if it was subconscious). Let’s also not pretend that bad stories about Greek life make people pick up the Concordy (and in some instances throw bundles of them out). Therefore, the author likely knew that this would stir the pot and allowed her bias for the Concordy popularity to also play a role. In terms of the “drinking to excess” part, I say let he who is without sin cast the first stone. We live at a college where a majority drinks, dances, parties, etc. (also a school with a huge return on investment and a world-class education by the way), but before we start pointing fingers at certain organizations, I say we take a good hard look at ourselves and those we associate with. I would find it hard to believe that many people who went to college didn’t get a bit carried away when first exposed to alcohol (also, I’m not talking about people that abstain altogether, but those who have had drinks at parties and never once allowed there BAC to get to a undesirable point, meaning for most limiting to 2 or 3 drinks according to alcoholEDU).
Isn’t this post hypocritical?
as one of the girls actually involved in this situation, please respect the privacy of this issue. fighting over an extremely biased & one sided article shows the lack of maturity not among the members of delta delta delta but the lack of maturity of the surrounding groups. I personally have handled this with extreme maturity, made my own appointments to resolve this & apologize & also have made it known to all that I have completely accepted every & all responsibility for my actions against my sorority & the members of faculty & staff who actually have to piece this case together & decide the correct plan for disciplinary actions. The amount of stress which has resulted from this is well deserved on my own part & I recognize it already without the undesired opinions of misinformed students, articles & especially of people & parents who do not even attend this institution. With all do respect, this paper works very hard to entice its readers & members of campus with their articles & reports. This specific article however, was not needed. Especially after the e-mail sent days before by the Director of Greek Life, Tim Dunn, stating that it is essential to “respect the members privacy in this matter because it is of the most serious nature.” This did not happen & made an already upsetting & stressful time even worse. I have taken responsibility for what I have done & all I, & my guess that the sorority as well, would appreciate is a bit of discretion. Everyone makes mistakes, I am currently working to be forgiven for mine. The back-round peanut gallery is unnecessary & not needed.
“thanks mom”: you’re telling someone else to “grow up”? i have no stake in this matter and couldn’t care less about what happens to tri delt. but what is written above is possibly the most immature comment i’ve seen regarding this situation (and there have been some pretty bad ones!). for the life of me, i still can not understand why anyone thinks the concordy did not have a right to print this (i believe they actually had a responsibility to print it – not just a right). but beyond that, the above comment is so childish and embarrassing. i sincerely hope that the author is not a member of tri delt, as this would reflect poorly on the sorority whose reputation is already tarnished. my suggestion to tri delt would be to distance itself from irrational, immature comments like this and to take the high road and acknowledge that a newspaper’s job is to report issues that the campus cares about – regardless of how it reflects the sorority’s reputation. if tri delt wants to preserve its reputation, it can not associate with ridiculous and pathetic comments like the one above.
Relax guys sororities are not real life!!
Clearly a lot of people have their opinions about this, and ALL that is being heard is rumors. The sisters (and administration at this point) have yet to make any decisions. I believe that the sisters, the previous (on hold) new member (pledges) and those who were involved should get the respect they deserve. People should not be talking to their friends, their parents or to sisters about this. I agree with “thanks mom” when she says that people get transported EVERY WEEKEND at Union. And I don’t think that it can be blamed on Greek life in general. Clearly, Tri Delta, is going through a hard time.. but who is to say that those transported got their alcohol from the girls in the sorority? EVERYBODY has the right to say no, or to know when they have had enough, but unfortunately sometimes things get a little out of hand. I do not think it is fair to blame it on anyone except for themselves. I truly hope to see Tri Delta given a fair chance (as it seems with the time its taking to make a decision the administrative team is giving it thought) and I hope that the girls get another chance. Everybody makes mistakes and thankfully no one got hurt, so please mind your own business, STOP SPREADING RUMORS, and leave Delta Delta Delta to themselves.
Until next time…
Why do people keep talking about “rumors” as if there is no factual evidence? Was Delta not told by Tim Dunn to “cease and desist all activities associated with Delta Delta Delta.” Doesn’t sound like a rumor to me, unless that email was fabricated.
the rumors consist of the ’4 transports’ — that in fact is a rumor.
also, DELTA IS NOT SHUT DOWN.. no one knows what will happen to those girls or their sorority – rumor #2
clearly Delta is following all the rules, so give those girls support or let them be!
This looks like a job for…the Banana Grabber!!!
Hey Dad!
The fact that four people, who were all partying in the same house, were hospitalized within a 3 hour period is unacceptable. But for what it is worth, I think everyone needs to be reminded of what this event really represents. Four lives were put at risk as a result of a sorrority social event. Every member of the Union community should be thankful that the circumstances did not turn tragic. The school should not support organizations that contribute to the endangerment of its students. This has nothing to do with greek bias, or even with a specific chapter bias. It has to do with setting an example.
Dumb Denying Drunks…own up to your mistakes
As an alum of ADø, Un ’79, I am no stranger to partying. I have reconnected with Union undergrads for the past 4 years. The use and abuse of alcohol at Union has increased over the past 30 years, both at our chapter house (Fero), and on the campus in general. Tim Dunn has done a great job of helping Union’s administration to come to terms with the realities of how today’s students party. I bet a lot of students’ aprents are clueless about the level of alcohol abuse at Union. To some degree, the issue of alcohol abuse is an Amerian cultural phenomena; kids in comparable situations in Europe or South America don’t seem to demonstrate American kids’ universal abuse of booze.
As with sexual repression in the U.S., American parents’ tendency to not educate their kids on healthy use of alcohol tends to backfire when kids go to college and are more on-their-own.
And the abuse of alcohol by today’s students appears acerbated by the Rx drugs which seem to be almost universal.
I’ve watched my youngest brother waste away his life with alcohol. I’ve watched fraternity brothers fail out, never to return to Union. I work for a community agency where homeless vets in recovery rebuild their substance-destroyed lives.
Alcohol is nothing more than a poison. That our American culture so values personal toxification to the point of absolute dysfunction speaks to weakness in the American character; certainly, alcohol obsession is not a strength.