RSSFifteen brothers of Delta Upsilon recently had their active status withdrawn, according to a DU reorganization committee.
This committee has determined Lehigh's chapter of DU faces occupancy issues, as well as a lack of participation in chapter and campus events.
But rather than resolve this situation with a stern warning or a proactive shove in the right direction, DU International has determined the best way to go about making changes is to subjectively determine which brothers best fulfill the ideals of DU, offer those brothers "active membership" and kick the rest to the curb.
Those not offered invitations to "rejoin" the fraternity are able to become alumni of DU, even though they are still undergraduate students.
If Lehigh's chapter of DU has not lived up to the fraternity's ideals for years, making a statement like this is somewhat understandable. The timing of the statement, however, is not.
With less than three months left in the semester, students are being forced to move out of their fraternity house. This seems not only unnecessary, but a little cruel as well. Most of these brothers have put years of dedication into the organization and to be unceremoniously dumped like this is like a slap in the face.
We hope these two groups will be able to move beyond this situation in a way that will make Delta Upsilon a stronger organization in the future.
Editorial: Fraternity hung out to dry
Issue date: 3/2/10 Section: Opinion
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Workhorse
posted 3/01/10 @ 10:58 AM EST
I'm willing to bet that the DU brothers who "have put years of dedication into the organization," (beyond wearing the letters) will not be counted among the 15 asked to assume alumni status. (Continued…)
DU San Diego Alum
posted 3/01/10 @ 6:33 PM EST
I agree with Workhorse's comment. The members who are moving out most likely didn't do anything beneficial to the chapter other than wear the letters, and even doing that may have done more harm than good. (Continued…)
Ted Guthrie
posted 3/02/10 @ 4:09 PM EST
I can not believe that Lehigh has let the Fraternity system slip as it has in recent years. As a Brother at PI Lam or is it Alpha PHI? I go back to Lehigh every 2 years for the LEhigh lafayette game. (Continued…)
sophie
pb
posted 3/02/10 @ 8:00 PM EST
Mr. San Diego and Workhorse...I would not comment on Brothers involvement or the lack of, unless you know the full story. A very random few football players are still in the frat. (Continued…)
sophie
pb
posted 3/03/10 @ 7:29 AM EST
As a journalist, I am saddened to see that The Brown and White article does not have both sides of the story in print and up to read. I would love to hear from the voices of at least one of 'the 15. (Continued…)
pb
posted 3/03/10 @ 12:42 PM EST
Ahhhhhhh....but do you know they were inactive??? I do and they were not. Even in the summer months my son did DU volunteer work weekly. So free-loader he was not. (Continued…)
ma
posted 3/03/10 @ 5:32 PM EST
The men of the house were "interviewed" by one of 4 DU alumni board members, including the head dude, a guy named messick who is a Lafayetter grad if the men disagreed in any way with any of the "10 principles of change" the DU national and local leaders questioned them on, they were booted. (Continued…)
pb
posted 3/04/10 @ 10:31 PM EST
The four questions my son was asked in "said" interview of 5 minutes:
1) Name?
2) GPA?
3) Year of graduation?
4) Football player?
Wonder which one he failed? DISCRIMINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rl
posted 3/18/10 @ 7:36 AM EST
My son was among the 15. He has no disciplinary record. He has a good GPA, recognized one semester as the house leader. His only sin; he is a football player. (Continued…)
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