conduct status
by: FYI
If anyone is interested in the actual conduct status of all Greek organizations on campus, you can find that information on AU's greek life website: augreeklife(dot)com. Mouse over "About" and click on "Chapter Conduct Status". Click the link on the next page. A spreadsheet will appear with all of the ACCURATE information.
Fraternities on probation for various reasons (details on the spreadsheet): AEPi, Alpha Sig, Beta, Pi Kappa Phi
Fraternities ordered to Cease and Desist (reasons unlisted):
Pike, Sammy
Sororities on probation: none
Sororities ordered to Cease and Desist (reasons unlisted): AEPhi
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Comment#2by: fyi
Additionally, if probation is violated, it can result in an order to cease and desist. If that cease and desist order is violated, there can be legal action on the part of the school.
Normally, Greek punishments go: sanctions (usually fines) -> probation -> cease and desist -> kicked off campus (unrecognized by AU) OR disbanded by their nationals/having their charter revoked, or both.
An organization can be disbanded by their nationals, but not AU; an organization can also be unrecognized/kicked off AU's campus, yet still be recognized by their nationals. Or both AU and the organization's nationals can jointly disown them. It really depends on the severity of the offense, how many (if any) times the offense was repeated, or if new offenses were committed during these punishments.
Also, punishments may not always follow this order. IF an offense is serious enough, cease and desist can be ordered immediately without the first two steps (sanctions and probation).
#4by: fyi
copy/pasted update from another thread; AEPhi's updated conduct status
Cease and Desist through 5/31/16
Disciplinary Probation through 5/31/17
Social Probation through 5/31/17
Membership review by Alpha Epsilon Phi HQ by 4/1/16
Revised New Member Education Plan by 9/30/16
No social activities until basically Fall 2017, which means no formals/crushes/semi-formals/date nights/mixers/etc. That's gonna hurt their recruitment as a social sorority. They can improve on sisterhood and philanthropy, though.
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by: idk
i actually don't know...it says that it's done by their headquarters though so it doesn't sound like AU has anything to do with it. maybe someone from their national organization comes and talks to each member? makes sure they're all on the same page/not breaking any rules? i know when axo got in trouble a few years ago their member review was nationals coming and making sure every girl was following the new rules and if they weren't they got individual consequences
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by: Answer....
Membership reviews are conducted by the IHQ staff, usually the Executive Director and at least one or two staff members and alumni. This process is where the IHQ examines the behavior and attitudes of each sister and every sister in the chapter to see if they are living up to the standards of the National Sorority (Chapter operations, Credo, Policies of both the National Sorority and University, nature of any Risk management issues, etc) by interviewing all members. After the interviews and initial examination of the overall chapter is completed, the IHQ will determine what members will stay and what members get kicked out. Once the termination of a few or several members is complete, the IHQ will outline a new chapter standard of operations for every member to follow going forward. This will include following the probation or suspension guidelines with violating them, focus on leadership training and team building, risks of hazing and alcohol abuse, increase philanthropy projects, mandatory attendance and participation in all national events (Presidents Academy, National Convention, Leadership institute, etc). Membership reviews are basically death to the fraternity and sorority chapters if it's not complied.
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by: clarification
To clarify on the technical definition, it's a way for the national HQ to essentially close the chapter without actually doing it. They kick everyone who isn't totally on the straight and narrow out and leave the rest to keep it going. I've never seen it happen to a sorority but I've seen fraternity chapters go from ~60 to 5-10 brothers or from ~200 to ~20-30.
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#5by: update
Pike and AEPi got their sanctions:
PIKE:
Suspension until 8/29/16
Disciplinary Probation until 1/9/17
Social Probation until 1/9/17
Review of Chapter Officers
Progress Updates to FSL
Alcohol Education
Revision of Programs
Educational Event
PIKE University Participation
AEPi:
Disciplinary Probation until 11/16/16
Social Probation until 4/1/16
Management Action Plan by 2/1/16
Alpha Sig and Beta are back in good standing. Pi Kappa Phi on probation until 5/31/16. Sammy still on cease and desist.
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by: fyi
"Cease and desist" means that they need to immediately stop all chapter operations: no philanthropy or service events, no recruitment or PR tabling, no social events, no chapter meetings, and (in some severe cases) no wearing letters. The organization is not allowed to operate in any way, while the allegations are explored. Usually, cease and desist orders only occur in extreme cases of hazing or other "dangerous" behavior.
"Probation" basically means they got a warning; usually the organization gets a list of things to accomplish to get back in good standing as well as a punishment. They can still operate as a chapter, however, i.e. hold meetings, complete service hours, table for PR, etc. For example: say a sorority has a formal and someone who is there drinks underage and needs medical attention. The sorority will be put on probation and not be allowed to have social events for the rest of the semester or for the whole year. In addition, they would need to host a sober social event to show they are capable of having a good time without going overboard. This is just one hypothetical example of social probation, which is the most common. There can also be academic probation (the entire chapter does not make a required GPA, for example, which I don't think has ever happened at this school), or financial probation (an organization does not pay their Panhellenic/IFC dues (which I also don't think has ever happened).
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