Chico State fraternity members sentenced after cutting down 32 trees at national
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Where were the chapter advisers when all of this was happening?
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At home with their families most likely. In my experience, it would be bizarre for an alum adviser to go on a camping trip with active brothers. Also, consider the sort of liability some 40-50 year old adviser might take on if he accompanied a large group of 18-22 year olds and their dates to a campsite where large quantities of alcohol were intended to be consumed.
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If this was a sanctioned fraternity event, then an adviser should be there to prevent stuff like this from happening. In SGR, the undergraduate chapter adviser is expected to be physically present at all sanctioned chapter events. To the bold: then maybe we won't have pledges dying and chapters getting fined like this one if a responsible adult is present. If it's just a bunch of guys who want to hang out, then the fraternity should not be liable. |
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However, they did say it was an initiation ceremony and it would not be considered unusual for alumni to attend, participate in or conduct such an event - if it were in fact an actual official initiation ritual of the fraternity - which I am betting that this particular outdoor tree cutting event was not. Not saying that this was what was going on, but cutting down trees in the middle of nowhere is reminiscent of what used to be called a pledge rally. |
Just... why?
They went into the woods all "ax-happy" and randomly started cutting down trees? Why is this even a thing? |
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The article says the trees where nailed together in the shape of an "M". Not going try to guess what this was about. In the old days, to have a pledge rally - had to be a bonfire. |
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I guess it also amazes me that the one guy willingly gave up the name of their fraternity to a stranger and openly advertised that they were performing an "initiation ceremony". |
Don't get me wrong. I think cutting down the tress was wrong and stupid and, this case, criminal.
And to be clear, I believe that the bonfire hazing rally is a relic of the past and should stay in the past. |
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Occasionally, 18-22 year olds will do stupid things and having people there to hold their hands and protect them isn't necessarily a good thing. If members aren't allowed to make mistakes, how will they learn not to make them? Advisers need to be involved enough to the point where when they sign their risk management affidavits (is that a thing elsewhere?) that they know that what they are signing is true. |
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Wrong and Stupid, but at least it wasn't Suguaro Cactuses. Part of how much I stress over this is how long before Nature recovers and given where this is (north of Sacramento), I'm not quite as stressed as I'd be otherwise.
I'm not that far from Washington DC and deal with people from Southern Utah. In Southern Utah, you grow trees by planting them watering and caring for them. In Washington DC, you grow trees by failing to mow the area in time. (I've got a 25 foot tall tree in my front yard because the Sapling was behind the Azaleas... |
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I can state the same thing you said about my org - just substitute women for men and sorority for fraternity. We were having serious problems in my sorority with undergrad behavior. It finally came down a choice of we either corral the undergrads or get sued out of existence. |
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