My question is, why not shut the system down last year after the death. Obvious problem if there is a death! Shut it down, give training, make sure all is up and up, stress the seriousness of doing things a certain way and the ramifications. The issue that looks bad here is the tremendous rush of complaints within a week against various organizations. Like in the past 11 months they've had zero complaints and now they are literally falling out of trees on the college green like leaves in the fall.
My guess? After the death, the University tried their damndest to figure out if the death was an isolated incident or indicative of a larger cultural issue. They gave the fraternities the benefit of the doubt and tried to hold Sig Ep up as an example.
Colin Wiant died in November. The investigation into his death and the role Sig Ep played didn't wrap up and reach a conclusion until April. As a result, this is the first rush season since.
I would be absolutely shocked if, in the wake of that, the University didn't make it very clear the Greek community as a whole that adhering to certain standards was an expectation, and that they'd be under the microscope.
And now, half way through the first rush since, 9 Frats, 3 Sororities, the 110, and a Business Fraternity have new allegations against them. And as a result, the University had no choice but to conclude this is a systemic issue and shut things down.
I guess what I don't get is why so many people feel like there's some clear statute of limitations here. Like somehow the investigation into a death being over for a whole 5 months now means it's old news and the University can't take action.
I'm saying the same things over and over, but there was increased scrutiny as a direct result of somebody being literally hazed to death. That increased scrutiny led to "complaints falling out of trees like leaves on college green in the fall."
Your stance is, I guess, that the administration should ignore all of those complaints because dude died 11 months ago and everybody should have turned the page? Or that it's all a grand conspiracy against the fraternities? Or that the allegations aren't true?
And my point is just that it doesn't matter at all what the allegations are or if they turn out to be true. A death warrants drastic measures, and the risk calculus here is very easy. Let's say a student died in a hazing incident two weeks ago. And it comes out after the fact that the University had received complaints about 9 different Fraternities. What then? Two deaths in a year would be disastrous for the University, they'd be open to civil liability, and Greek like would end forever in Athens.
This path is the prudent one for literally everybody involved, people here are just so intent on vainly hugging their own victimhood that they can't see it.