mu community townhall
by: Calling All GreeksA community town hall has been called for Friday November 10, 2017 by the Mizzou Dean of Students with the CEO of Dyad Strategies for an explanation of Dyad's recent report on MU Greek Life. The Friday Meeting will be at Wrench Auditorium in the Student Union, Friday November 10th, 2pm to 4pm. Big changes are coming for fraternities and sororities at Mizzou. Attend, be informed!
#1by: Greek
The report from Dyad is scathing and rips a new one for Mizzou Greek Life and the University's Office of Greek Life. All of this takes on new import in light of Florida State indefinitely suspending all sororities and fraternities there and with problems at LSU and Penn State. Bad, bad press everywhere for Greeks.
Comment#2by: Greektown
The Dyad Stratagies report is a real danger to the uninformed and apathetic. The report has several inaccuracies, but just enough truth to be credible. If the undergraduate community doesn't band together and solve some of these problems, there will be some very negative changes coming. Hazing, personal servitude, dangerous binge drinking needs to stop. You can have a brotherhood without those things. Team efforts, where the ENTIRE house works towards winning Greek Week, Homecoming, Intramurals, Grades, etc, builds brotherhood. Holding freshman accountable (something many of them have never experienced) while you are putting in the same work towards a goal builds a brotherhood and is not a free admission to a social club. Running a fraternity/Sorority successfully is invaluable experience that classes don't teach. EVERYONE needs to get a handle on this stupid crap that keeps coming up. You can party, but know how to do it within the rules and everybody wins. Don't allow this report to go unchallenged.
by: Funny
Oh, yeah. That'll work. There isn't a person on this campus who doesn't know the dangers of binge drinking. And yet if your fraternity brother is forcing you to do it, good luck saying no. The fraternity culture on this campus is left over from a long-ago era. It's an embarrassment. Especially since the people who do it really shouldn't be killing off the few remaining brain cells they still have.
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by: Greektown
Left over from long ago? I don't think so. I am, from almost any measure, from long ago, and not once was I ever forced, or even coerced to drink, at all. We had SEVERAL guys that didn't drink at all and their standing in the house was unaffected. I drank plenty, but any drinking I did was entirely of my own choosing. I don't understand at all why this changed or how anyone can argue this is okay. I even believe that my pledge trainer told me to never do anything I felt was wrong. I do know, that 5 or 10 years before I came to the house, everything was completely out of control. So things definitely swing to extremes.
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by: Nope
by: Greektown
The problem with people like "Nope" is they are not willing to look at what the reality of the situation is and take steps that are palatable and more important, sustainable. Because, I can assure you the changes that the administration comes up with will not be and will lead to more restrictive and not a positive step for Greek life. They are not interested in a shared solution, they want to protect their ass. Change or have it forced upon you. I don't know about you, but I would rather choose my own course than have it dictated to me. Listen to Grandpa.
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by: Greektown
Except,
So would you you rather the University determine what the more restrictive approach looks like, or the actual Greeks?
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by: Well
The Greeks have had their chance and failed miserably. Time for the university to step in.
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#3by: Hold up a minute
This report looks to be a scathing criticism of fraternity life at Mizzou, not sorority life. It's not as if fraternities haven't been warned. It's not as if they haven't seen what happens when hazing, servitude, binge drinking and serving minors are the norm. Sadly, many fraternities on this campus are SO STUPID that they are casting a negative light on an otherwise worthwhile system, especially when it comes to philanthropy. It makes me so angry that so many fraternities don't think the rules apply to them. It seems they won't be happy until they bring the whole system down. Those who are booted off campus get what they deserve.
by: Truth
by: Greektown
Same ole, same ole. They are saying they want a shared solution and once again pushing the freshman live in requirement, which is a complete non starter. They are erroneously saying that we are the only SEC school that allows freshman to live in fraternities. No one challenges them on it. If anyone thinks this has nothing to do with all those empty dorm rooms, they are kidding themselves. If you take the live in requirement out, everything else seemed reasonable. But none of it is going to work because the approach is once again rules based, and not initiative or campaign based. They think they can change the culture by adding more rules.
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Nope, You're the problem
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