October 15, 1987 Committee to Form Campus Policy on Hazing
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FlXX Concert gives students Setting Cathy Cole finds her Next Will be on Thursday, Oct. Fun their money's worth, p. 12 Success lucky number, p. 17 Issue 22. Have a good break! t THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,1987 JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY VOL 65 NO. 14 TKE loses national charter By Amy Porter on the statement. assistant news editor The national official said Carrier corresponded with the international Tau Kappa Epsilon, the fraternity that TKE president during the time that the lost its university recognition in 1983, university revoked its recognition of now has lost its national charter TKE in 1983. membership. He said Dr. Carrier requested in The fraternity received a letter from writing that JMU TKE cease operations its national chapter stating that it was on the national level. However, the last "temporarily closed," said TKE letter the national office has received President Glenn Albert from Carrier was six months after the "It was a really vague letter. Once we 1982 incidents. got in touch with someone at nationals Mike Way, assistant to the associate [we lcarnedl it's just a compilation of vice president for student affairs and things dating back to '82, school . National adviser to Interfraternity Council, said pressure, odds and ends, nothing that any correspondence between the was really important by itself, but as a national chapter and JMU comes group of things," Albert said. through his office. The correspondence Now that TKE's national recognition he mentioned was a copy of the letter has ceased, members of the fraternity Charter from TKE's national chapter have changed their organization's name temporarily closing TKE's national to Sigma Delta Rho, the name of the membership. JMU-based fraternity before it joined When asked if Carrier personally national TKE in 1969. corresponded with the TKE national An official at the national TKE V chapter. Way said, "I doubt it very office, who asked not to be identified, seriously, but again, I have no said the national charter was revoked knowledge of that." because the fraternity, in several ways, Al Menard, associate" vice president violated by-laws and failed to meet for student affairs, said there has been constitutional obligations. 141^ no correspondence from his office to The penalty decided on by the board TKE nationals since TKE lost of directors was to "cease operations." university recognition. "What we're A heavier penalty is to be declared saying is that TKE is not a recognized "non-operating." So the JMU chapter organization, and therefore cannot still has a chance for redemption. secure university space," and cannot "A lot of it stems back to when the participate in university activities, such university took our charter," said TKE Staff graphic by STEPHEN ROUNTREE as Greek Sing. member Mark Cira. "Our statement about TKE preceded Since then, smaller incidents have TKE's behavioral problems, the official "We've contacted them since we got the nationals decision to no longer added dirt to the already soiled said. The last time the national the letter to say, "Look, what's going recognize them," Menard added. reputation of TKE. representatives met with the student on,' because the letter was pretty Not only do the members of TKE For instance, Cira said, pledges affairs office was March 1986, he said. vague," Albert said. "And they said a sense bad feelings from the painted TKE's coat of arms on a wall Student affairs officials asked the lot of it was in fact due to pressures by adminisuation, but since their national covered with graffiti a couple of years national organization to cease JMU the school and they did mention Dr. charter was taken away, other Greeks on ago. Someone wrote a letter to the TKE operations because of behavioral Carrier's name. They didn't say he wrote campus have been shunning them, Cira national chapter condemning the action. problems, said the TKE official. the letter, but they did mention his said. The official from TKE's national He said the behavioral problems were name. TKE members are not included in any office said he received telephone calls not one single incident, but a variety of "He [Carrier] insisted that our chapter IFC meetings, and rushces have told and letters from the university during things over the past several years. be closed down," Albert said. TKE members they were discouraged last school year. He named Dr. Robert However, he indicated the incidents did "I don't know if he said that in one from pledging TKE because it's no Scott, vice president for student affairs, not include the ones in 1982, which specific letter, but that's the basic longer a fraternity, Cira said. as orte source of contact. resulted in TKE losing university attitude," Cira added. At TKE's first rush function, 61 When reached at home by telephone recognition. Through Karen Lankard, Carrier's rushecs attended. Wednesday night. Dr. Scott said he JMUs continual request for TKE to staff specialist. Carrier denied "Following the announcement, we would make no comment in a telephone cease operations was considered when correspondence with the national TKE 'had 10 at our second rush function," organization. "Dr. Carrier has not been Cira said. V- interview. the international board, of directors The meetings and the correspondences revoked JMU TKE's national charter in in contact with TKE," she said. were about the school's concerns over late September. However there was no time limitation See TKE r*ge 2> C Page £, The Breeze, Thursday, October 15, 1987 Committee to form campus policy on hazing By Laura Hunt committee, Daniel said he is not staff writer „ some Greek organizations while they brainstorming stage," Daniel said. are classified as hazing in others. Before the committee begins revising opposed to outlining a judicial A committee has been formed to procedure to handle infractions of the The current JMU policy states that the policy, it will review the hazing revise and better define JMU's hazing policies of other universities and hazing policy. policy, said Dr. Lacy Daniel, dean of "no form of hazing is permitted in association with any student individual Greek organizations. The committee is part of JMU's students. "I would like to come up with a At a meeting Wednesday afternoon, organization." Commission on Student Services. policy that includes as much as we can Eleven students and five faculty commitee members discussed the need The state law is not specific on this agree on," Daniel said. members serve on the committee. for a more specific policy that will not issue," said Daniel, who is chairman of Committee members also discussed infringe upon the different beliefs the committee. It gives, a broad developing a program to educate all Members represent the Black Greek accepted by individual Greek definition including a statement saying JMU students on the issue of hazing. Caucus, Inicrfraternity Council, organizations. institutions should come up with their One member suggested distributing an Panhellenic Council and individual Now certain pledging practices are own statement on hazing, he added. educational brochure to students. Greek academic, social and service approved in the national charters of "The committee is still in the Though it is not the purpose of the organizations. TKE ► (Continued from page 1) such recommendation for insurance There's no stigma to party widTthemr about' reasons. However, he did agree that "Everyone doesn't get up in/arms if ■re're all of a sudden starting to hear "They automatically jumped to the TKE may not be covered in terms of they do. It doesn't offend anyone," Hunt about this new policy where the conclusion that we're history," he said. their national chapter. said. university was pressuring Greek Row II-'C also received a copy of the same Rob Hunt, president of IFC, said, "I Cheryl Cook, president of Sigma not to be involved with us," Cira said. letter, which stated that TKE had ceased heard a couple of rumors that some Sigma Sigma, said the sorority had operations. sororities don't want to party with mem planned to do a haunted house with Despite the alienation TKE members Courtney Sullivan, public relations [TKE], and some are disassociating TKE at the TKE house, but it was are feeling, they are still operating as a officer for Panhellenic, said "the themselves with TKE. ' cancelled. In the past, Tri-Sig has held a fraternity under SDP, still raising administration" recommended the Them Chi, who has held a "Morning haunted house with Lambda Chi. money for charity and still rushing. sororities not party with TKE because Massacre" with TKE each fall for TKE is striving to accomplish goals "We're not doing it with them [TKE] they no longer have liability insurance several years, didn't this year. "It doesn't they must meet with the national this year," Cook said. "There's too A from their national chapter. If a sorority look like we'll have it," Hunt said. chapter for them to consider renewing much liability involved." She said the member were hurt at the TKE house, "It wasn't so much that TKE is bad," the national charter. But Cira said he sorority also feels obliged to the the sorority would be responsible, he said. The brothers of 1982 "graduated doesn't know if their efforts can administration, knowing how it feels Sullivan said. years ago, they've long since gone. compensate for past actions. "We're all of a sudden starting to hear about this new policy where the "The Travel Leader university was pressuring Greek Row not to be involved with us." .