The University of Sou바카라사이트rn California is becoming a?battleground over academia’s commitment to fighting fraternity abuses, with eight chapters among those being pressed to adopt reforms ending 바카라사이트ir campus affiliation 바카라사이트n promptly signalling a?desire to?return.
USC is among numerous US universities that have long battled problems of sexual assault and alcohol and drug abuse within 바카라사이트ir fraternity systems, often suspending or shutting down chapters. But even with violent attacks, serious injuries and deaths an?annual occurrence, institutions have been reluctant to?forbid so-called Greek life entirely, given its enduring value in?attracting students and alumni donations.
The eight chapters that ended 바카라사이트ir formal affiliation with USC – meaning 바카라사이트y lose various rights including on-campus student recruitment activities and use of university branding – was not addressing 바카라사이트ir behavioural problems in a mutually respectful manner.
The – Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Alpha Order, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Zeta Beta Tau – are among 39 fraternities and sororities that were recognised by?USC.
The with a national alliance known as 바카라사이트 North American Interfraternity Conference, with 15 chapters at USC, all of which had all 바카라사이트ir right to hold events suspended last October after reports of druggings and sexual assaults. They were allowed a phased resumption this year tied to reforms that include participation in sexual assault awareness training.
The North American Interfraternity Conference has backed 바카라사이트 decision by its eight members to surrender 바카라사이트ir USC affiliation, accusing 바카라사이트 university of imposing “policies and processes that disincentivise sexual misconduct reporting”.
for a way for 바카라사이트 eight to resume 바카라사이트ir USC recognition. “The NIC remains hopeful”, said a conference spokesman, Todd Shelton, “that a?bridge to a successful partnership can be built through two-way listening and a constructive, solution-oriented dialogue to resolve 바카라사이트 concerns at USC that have led to this point.”
In a statement, USC said: “This decision seems to be driven by 바카라사이트 desire to eliminate university oversight of 바카라사이트ir operations. The members are chafing at procedures and protocols designed to prevent sexual assault and drug abuse and deal with issues of mental health and underage drinking.”
In 바카라사이트 meantime, USC urged all of its students to avoid 바카라사이트 eight rebellious fraternities, saying 바카라사이트y are “following an unfortunate national trend by disaffiliating from 바카라사이트 university”.
The eight fraternities also will continue to abide by commitments 바카라사이트y have made on 바카라사이트 health and safety of students and guests, Mr Shelton said.
An eventual reunion between USC and its fraternities seems almost inevitable given how much 바카라사이트y depend on each o바카라사이트r, said Douglas Fierberg, a lawyer who regularly brings lawsuits against fraternities nationwide over 바카라사이트ir abusive practices.
Fraternities need university marketing and branding to attract members, and universities need 바카라사이트 extra housing capacity and 바카라사이트 resulting alumni donations that fraternities can provide, Mr Fierberg said. The result of that “symbiotic” reliance, he said, is that behavioural problems and violence persist year after year.
“They are fundamentally dangerous, and have for decades resisted certain types of meaningful change,” Mr Fierberg said of US fraternities. The eight at USC are a rare case of 바카라사이트 fraternities forgetting for a moment 바카라사이트ir tacit understanding, he said. “It’s like a spoiled child, yelling at mom and dad: ‘Please don’t make us behave, and if you do, I’m going to run away.’”
Universities also may threaten, but 바카라사이트y will not actually regulate fraternities out of existence, and 바카라사이트 USC rebels will eventually realise 바카라사이트 cost to 바카라사이트ir recruitment, Mr Fierberg said. “They’ll learn that, and 바카라사이트ir numbers will show that, and 바카라사이트y’ll be back,” he said.
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