Even bad events in the Greek system trigger the discussion of Greek housing at Towson University.
The issue of Greek housing popped-up again at last week’s Panhellenic meeting when the council and the member sororities discussed the violations that occurred during fall rush this year. Many sororities in the Panhellenic system allegedly violated rush rules at the annual “Running of the Bulls” event that occurred two weekends ago. This is a largely anticipated event that celebrates the end of sorority rush and the sororities welcome the new girls who will begin pledging their sorority. Inappropriate alcohol use was a common violation at this year’s event, and all the sororities are under investigation by the University and National Panhellenic Association.
At the meeting, the council discussed possible consequences for these violations. The University administration and Panhellenic system suggested possible consequences like social probation and restriction from University-wide competitions like Homecoming and Pep Rallies. Many sorority delegates input their ideas at the meeting, and then sorority presidents and rush counselors were interviewed by university administration and answered questionnaires during the week that followed. Many Greek members referenced the issue of Greek housing during these discussions.
“At bigger schools like Maryland, the Greeks are already really involved in campus events because they live there,” says Brittany Sullivan, 4-year sorority member. “So if they were prohibited from participating in campus events, it wouldn’t really hurt campus involvement too much. But at Towson, Greeks are a large part of campus-wide events. If the university bans sororities from participating in campus events, it wouldn’t be good for the sororities or the university.”
One sorority president, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote on her questionnaire, “Since we do not have houses, we already work hard to keep morale and involvement high. Prohibiting Greeks from participating in campus events will greatly decrease both.”
And so the discussion continues.
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2 comments:
Steph~
Being involved in the greek community myself I think that this is a great blog topic. I personally think that we need greek housing on campus and I agree with the fact that greek life accounts for a huge part of student participation at canmpus events. I think it would be intersting to do a blog post about what other people (greeks and non-greeks) think about greek housing possibly coming to our campus one day.
I think this is a really serious issue on campus, especially since a lot of students are involved in Greek Life. Maybe you should interview some of the students from a few of the sanctioned groups for one of your modules.
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