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FSU suspends all fraternities and sororities after student’s death
CBS North Carolina ^ | November 6, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 11/06/2017 12:42:37 PM PST by C19fan

Florida State University has indefinitely suspended all Greek activities on campus following the death of a fraternity pledge.

FSU President John Thrasher announced the suspension on Monday, according to the university’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

“For this suspension to end, there will need to be a new normal for Greek Life at the university,” he said. “There must be a new culture, and our students must be full participants in creating it.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wncn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: fraternities; fsu
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To: C19fan

Right to assemble?

Not at FSU.


41 posted on 11/06/2017 3:51:46 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: C19fan
"...following the death of a fraternity pledge..."

Was the pledge a male or a female?

Careful now!

That's not the slam dunk question that it used to be.

42 posted on 11/06/2017 4:01:35 PM PST by skimbell
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To: C19fan

I hope young and stupid college students wake up


43 posted on 11/06/2017 4:06:26 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: C19fan

Tell me it wasn’t butt chugging again?

(press conference)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keTbsSfMOdI


44 posted on 11/06/2017 4:06:32 PM PST by Rebelbase (There are only two genders. The rest are mental disorders.)
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To: beergarden

“Which ones won’t last...”?

Forcing pledges to drink insane amounts of liquor fast is stupid beyond all belief


45 posted on 11/06/2017 4:09:04 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Rebelbase

Drink every time the old lawyer says “buttchugging”


46 posted on 11/06/2017 4:17:59 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: Genoa

>>It was a voluntary association I could have walked away from at any time.

At that age and maturity level (not just of you but most people) you wouldn’t have walked away. You would have been afraid to deal with any consequences. Again, not you specifically but people that age. Now, more so.

Frats and sororities are a waste of effort and money. And no, I wasn’t turned down. I never rushed. In fact, I left a heavily greek school for one that sold itself as one big fraternity. Had the time of my life.


47 posted on 11/06/2017 4:49:48 PM PST by 1L
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To: AppyPappy

>>It’s like the school prays that a dead student is in a fraternity so they can blame them.

FSU and other schools have had huge frat problems for decades. The schools themselves mostly have statutory immunity but the school brass doesn’t. If they don’t do something about this, it will lead to litigation.


48 posted on 11/06/2017 4:51:55 PM PST by 1L
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To: C19fan

Blame the Greeks? Are the Amish off the hook for awhile?


49 posted on 11/06/2017 4:55:13 PM PST by Libloather (Trivial Pursuit question - name the first female to lose TWO presidential elections!)
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To: HonkyTonkMan

Funniest presser I’ve ever seen.


50 posted on 11/06/2017 5:04:13 PM PST by Rebelbase (There are only two genders. The rest are mental disorders.)
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To: C19fan

How is it that a government institution can violate American’s right to Freedom of Association under the 1st Amendment, even those of college students who are legal adults. It’s time for some class action lawsuits here. I think the Trump DOJ needs to start suing these universities in federal court.

Public universities and colleges cannot see the massive beat-down coming their way from an enraged public.


51 posted on 11/06/2017 5:13:07 PM PST by WMarshal (John McCain is the turd in America's punch bowl.)
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To: Rapscallion

I rushed the fraternity my dad was in and didn’t get a bid. I didn’t know at the time that legacies were pretty much a shoe in, but in retrospect if they weren’t going to take me on my own merits them screw em.


52 posted on 11/06/2017 5:45:52 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: 1L

There wouldn’t have been consequences for dropping out of the pledge program, except I wouldn’t have gotten my pledge fee back. (My parents would have been delighted.) But the point is that it’s a voluntary association, and the university is an extension of the nanny state. Same mentality.


53 posted on 11/06/2017 6:59:02 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: iowamark
Sorority girls can be mean but they rarely kill people.

Phew! That's a relief! I'd really hate to be 'rarely killed' by a Sorority sister!

(50 years ago a few tried to smother me... with kisses)

54 posted on 11/06/2017 7:16:12 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: 1L

Sports teams have WAY more issues than fraternities


55 posted on 11/07/2017 4:11:33 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: napscoordinator

My daughter graduated from FSU and was in a wonderful sorority. She loved her friends and had a fantastic experience. Apparently this guy was a 20 yr old transfer from another Univ and was at an off campus party. Not at the frat. They don’t even know if he died from drinking. One of my daughter’s sorority sisters died in her apartment but it was from a brain aneurysm. They are just looking for a way to destroy the idea of fraternal organizations that are selective.


56 posted on 11/07/2017 3:37:18 PM PST by happyhomemaker (Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Rom 12:12)
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To: AppyPappy

>>Sports teams have WAY more issues than fraternities

BS. They’re just reported more when they do happen. Fraternity hazing leading to death and serious injuries has been pretty significant over the years. Given the numbers that participate in sports at all levels vs. frats, your statement couldn’t be more incorrect.


57 posted on 11/09/2017 2:23:40 PM PST by 1L
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