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- From: jsl7@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (J. Shawn Landres)
- Newsgroups: soc.college
- Subject: Re: Repost: Gift for friend joining fraternity?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.224452.28305@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 22:44:52 GMT
- References: <92365.115027ICSCH@ASUACAD.BITNET> <1993Jan1.054437.5810@news.columbia.edu> <1993Jan3.140751.2349@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
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- Reply-To: jsl7@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (J. Shawn Landres)
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- In article <1993Jan3.140751.2349@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> turnerbl@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan1.054437.5810@news.columbia.edu>, jsl7@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (J. Shawn Landres) writes:
- >> In article <92365.115027ICSCH@ASUACAD.BITNET> <ICSCH@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
- >>>A humorous gift for a guy joining a fraternity might be a shirt which equates
- >>>beer with college.
- >>
- >> It's ideas like this and advisers like you who hinder any attempt at making
- >> the fraternity experience a meaningful one. Go read your charter, read your
- >> creed, and check out your risk-reduction policy.
- >>
- >> /Shawn Landres
- >> Ours is a multi-racial group of men of all backgrounds, dedicated to honor
- >> above all, and to living up to the pre-drunken-stupor and pre-rape-happy
- >> ideals of fraternal life. We are founded against hazing, as well.
- >
- >Hey Shawn,
- >
- >Lighten up pal! How easy the answers must seem, as an undergraduate. The orig
- >poster asked for a gift idea, and Scott responded with a suggestion. You too
- >have the option to respond with a suggestion too. All of us who are chapter
- >advisors face similar problems, and zelots like you only complicate them.
-
- Point well taken. It's just that I think Chapter Advisors need to be a little
- more on the ball than undergrads, and Scott should probably have thought about
- the impact of his suggestion -- especially with zealots like Ted looking for
- any excuse to bash frat life.
-
- >As far as your creedo, I suggest you check back into your history as to exactly
- >how long your fraternity has been multi ethnic.
-
- I should have been more specific. Our *chapter* is multi-ethnic; I make no
- claims for the national organization or its history.
-
- >B. Turner
- >University of Cincinnati
- >Chapter Advisor
-
- /S
-