Miami U in Ohio addresses sorority members drunken shenanigans

Parents Forum
1

<p>"OXFORD, Ohio — Sorority spring formals call up visions of young women in colorful dresses dancing the night away — not vomiting on tables, urinating in sinks or having sex in closets.</p>

<p>The drunken shenanigans of three sororities at Miami University in southwest Ohio sound like something out of “Animal House” and were especially startling for a school that frequently makes the top 50 in a U.S News & World Report academic ranking but never makes lists of big-time party schools.</p>

<p>The school suspended two of the sororities and put the third on probation. A task force is reviewing discipline and education policies on student behavior and alcohol, and the campus group governing sororities says it will begin teaching new members to speak out when they witness bad behavior…"</p>

<p>[School</a> works to stem sororities’ debauchery - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com](<a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38077386/ns/us_news-life/]School”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38077386/ns/us_news-life/)</p>

2

<p>What is there to say? It’s shameful and their nationals should consider revoking their charters.</p>

3

<p>The other students are right to be concerned about this negative publicity affecting them. People who read these stories, for the most part, won’t remember which chapters caused the trouble. They’ll just remember the Greek students at Miami making fools of themselves. In this economy, no group of new grads can afford to sacrifice even a little bit of their standing in the eyes of employers. It’s really a shame.</p>

4

<p>The same thing happened at Univ. of Dayton this spring. The sorority is on probation for a year and has to pay $2600 in damages.</p>

<p>[Flyer</a> News](<a href=“http://www.flyernews.com/articles/volume/57/issue/40/id/5815/category/news]Flyer”>Writer Shares Excitement For Upcoming REAL Dayton Breakout – Flyer News: Univ. of Dayton's Student Newspaper)</p>