COMING TO GREEK HOUSES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN JUST OVER A WEEK THREE FRATERNITIES WERE ISSUED CEASE AND DESIST LETTERS FOX FIFTY-NINE’S MAX LEWIS EXPLAINS WHAT GREEK LEADERS ARE DOING NOW AND HOW STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT THE NEW POLICIES AND REGULATIONS BEING
PUT ON CEASE AND DESIST IS JUST ONE LEVEL LOWER THAN BEING SUSPENDED FROM CAMPUS ALTOGETHER GREEK LIFE LEADERS NOW MAKING SOME CHANGES TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY DON’T GET TO THAT POINT SCHOOL HERE IS ONLY BEEN IN SESSION FOR THREE
WEEKS IN GREEK LIFE LEADERS ADMIT SOME PARTIES HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAND IT’S PART OF THE REACTOR MEETING BACK TO CAMPUS AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THINGS SETTLING DOWN A LITTLE BUT THE THREE FRATERNITIES THAT WERE ISSUED A CEASE AND
DESIST SIGMA ALPHA YOU SIGMA PHI EPSILON AND ALPHA EPSILON PI RECEIVE THEM FOR ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS AND FOR ENDANGERING OTHERS EVEN WITH FACT GREEK LEADERS FELT THEY SHOULD STEP IN AND MAKE SOME CHANGES WE HAD SOME PRETTY GENERAL VAGUE CLAUSES IN OUR BYLAWS
PREVIOUSLY BUT WE WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHAT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO STARTING THIS WEEKEND NEW RULES WILL BE IN EFFECT REQUIRING THINGS LIKE A SOBER MONITOR FOR EVERY TWENTY PEOPLE ID CHECKS AT THE DOOR AND THERE’S A BAN ON HARD
LIQUOR FROM BEING SERVED LEADERS SAY THE CONVERSATION STARTED AFTER ALL GREEK EVENTS WERE SUSPENDED LAST YEAR FOLLOWING AN UPTICK IN SEXUAL ASSAULTS WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE JUST TOOK US A LITTLE BIT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND
HOW TO GET EVERYONE TO BUY INTO THAT PROCESS SOME STUDENTS THINK IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHERS NOT SO MUCH IT’S GOOD THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO TRACK DOWN THAT AND KEEP IT GOING UNDER CONTROL I DON’T THINK THAT’S ACTUALLY GOING
MAKE PEOPLE SAFER PER SE BUT LIKE THE SEARCH TRYING TO GUESS I USE INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT EVEN GOLD HE FEELS THE CHANGES WILL MAKE FRATERNITY AND SORORITY EVENTS SOME OF THE SAFEST ON CAMPUS THERE’S NO HOUSE PARTY THAT HAS PRIVATE SECURITY I D ING
YOU AT THE DOOR CHECK IF YOU’RE ON THE GUEST LIST RESPONDING IF YOU’RE UNDER TWENTY-ONE LIKE ALL THOSE MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN THAT EVERY TAILGATE AND HOUSE PARTY THE FRATERNITIES IN QUESTION ARE ON CEASE AND DESIST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THEY’LL THEN GO
THROUGH A DISCIPLINARY PROCESS THAT WILL DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE HERE TO UNIVERSITY
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