University of Colorado Fraternity Suspended After Drunk Pledges Wreck

[sox4lifeinPA]

Hotel...

 

The perps...

 

 

 

good lord...look at those uggos, I would be a greek god at the U of C.

[witesoxfan]

Yeah, this stuff happens. When people get drunk, they start to break things and piss in funny spots

[SoxAce]

Just by looks, most of those kids look lame as hell and I'm surprised they would have "a wild/dark side." I guess its like the old saying goes. Looks can be very deceiving.

[Texsox]

Just wondering what y'all think the parents of these kids should do?

[Kyyle23]

Just wondering what y'all think the parents of these kids should do?

 

withdraw tuition payments, colorado community college here we come!

[Steve9347]

That's just a good story to tell the kids about.

 

Seriously, who HASN'T trashed a hotel room. Hell, I've trashed a Hilton, this was just a Motel 8!

[dasox24]

good lord...look at those uggos, I would be a greek god at the U of C.

No kidding... The kid with the long blond hair made me and all my buddies laugh.

 

Just giving fraternities everywhere a bad name.

[WilliamTell]

Murderers row with those 9 > '27 Yankees, haha not.

[santo=dorf]

That's just a good story to tell the kids about.

 

Seriously, who HASN'T trashed a hotel room. Hell, I've trashed a Hilton, this was just a Motel 8!

Me. I have class. I also don't want to be charged $100 for breaking a cheap lamp.

[Texsox]

Just giving fraternities everywhere a bad name.

 

And what will fraternities do to improve their name?

[DrunkBomber]

Me. I have class. I also don't want to be charged $100 for breaking a cheap lamp.

If you had so much class you wouldnt stay in a hotel that had such cheap lamps.

[DrunkBomber]

A lot worse stuff happened to my Frat at SIU. This is very petty in comparison.

[G&T]

And what will fraternities do to improve their name?

 

Most do a lot of community service and philanthropy. Mine certainly did. Nobody pays attention.

[bmags]

And what will fraternities do to improve their name?

 

I don't know about other campuses, but in Missouri we basically set up all the homecoming activities for the school, organize two of the largest blood drives in the country, lots of community service and money given to charities. I never thought I'd make this post.

[Kyyle23]

A lot worse stuff happened to my Frat at SIU. This is very petty in comparison.

 

were you a member of one of the banned fraternitys?

[knightni]

We require all guests to use a credit card and be at least 21 at the hotel that I work at.

 

Also, no more than 5 people are allowed per room. We keep tabs on noisy groups. You go over the line, the cops escort you away.

 

Of course, they were at a Motel 8 there. Not exactly high class to start with.

[dasox24]

And what will fraternities do to improve their name?

Really? Okay, how about the thousands of dollars that fraternities (and sororities) raise for charity each year. For example, my fraternity raised $10,000+ for St. Jude Children's Hospital this year alone. I guarantee that's more than most "independent" organizations raise for charity ever year. Plus, factor in the donations to other philanthropies and the participation in community service (Habitat for Humanity mainly for my fraternity) as well as things like partaking in Race for the Cure and Relay for Life (two philanthropies for cancer research), and fraternities do a lot more good than the average organization on campus.

 

Also, at most schools (at least in the SEC), greek life tends to dominate student government and other prominent organizations like that. I'm not saying you have to be in a fraternity/sorority to be involved, but it's true: most involvement is from those in a greek organization. I am involved in SGA, am helping run a campaign for my fraternity brother who's running for SGA president next year, and am a member of our student alumni organization (which, not to brag, but more as a point of reference: it's pretty difficult to get in).

 

So what if we like to get really drunk when we party? That's so stereotypical, but I'll agree that it's true. But really, is that such a bad thing when we do so much good to the surrounding community.

 

And no, I'm not condoning what these kids did to this hotel room. But if you're gonna call out fraternities like that, I want you to realize how much good really does come from them.

[DrunkBomber]

Really? Okay, how about the thousands of dollars that fraternities (and sororities) raise for charity each year. For example, my fraternity raised $10,000+ for St. Jude Children's Hospital this year alone. I guarantee that's more than most "independent" organizations raise for charity ever year. Plus, factor in the donations to other philanthropies and the participation in community service (Habitat for Humanity mainly for my fraternity) as well as things like partaking in Race for the Cure and Relay for Life (two philanthropies for cancer research), and fraternities do a lot more good than the average organization on campus.

 

Also, at most schools (at least in the SEC), greek life tends to dominate student government and other prominent organizations like that. I'm not saying you have to be in a fraternity/sorority to be involved, but it's true: most involvement is from those in a greek organization. I am involved in SGA, am helping run a campaign for my fraternity brother who's running for SGA president next year, and am a member of our student alumni organization (which, not to brag, but more as a point of reference: it's pretty difficult to get in).

 

So what if we like to get really drunk when we party? That's so stereotypical, but I'll agree that it's true. But really, is that such a bad thing when we do so much good to the surrounding community.

 

And no, I'm not condoning what these kids did to this hotel room. But if you're gonna call out fraternities like that, I want you to realize how much good really does come from them.

Theres always haters, dont sweat it

[Texsox]

Really? Okay, how about the thousands of dollars that fraternities (and sororities) raise for charity each year. For example, my fraternity raised $10,000+ for St. Jude Children's Hospital this year alone. I guarantee that's more than most "independent" organizations raise for charity ever year. Plus, factor in the donations to other philanthropies and the participation in community service (Habitat for Humanity mainly for my fraternity) as well as things like partaking in Race for the Cure and Relay for Life (two philanthropies for cancer research), and fraternities do a lot more good than the average organization on campus.

 

Also, at most schools (at least in the SEC), greek life tends to dominate student government and other prominent organizations like that. I'm not saying you have to be in a fraternity/sorority to be involved, but it's true: most involvement is from those in a greek organization. I am involved in SGA, am helping run a campaign for my fraternity brother who's running for SGA president next year, and am a member of our student alumni organization (which, not to brag, but more as a point of reference: it's pretty difficult to get in).

 

So what if we like to get really drunk when we party? That's so stereotypical, but I'll agree that it's true. But really, is that such a bad thing when we do so much good to the surrounding community.

 

And no, I'm not condoning what these kids did to this hotel room. But if you're gonna call out fraternities like that, I want you to realize how much good really does come from them.

 

Wow, perhaps you were too drunk to read my question? What in my question pissed you off so much? How did I call out fraternities?

[Texsox]

So tell me, what behaviors can't you perform when sober that you can perform drunk? Perhaps reading?

What will fraternities do to improve their name?

 

If that question signifies I am a hater, or calling out fraternities, y'all have a reading problem and a massive chip on your shoulders. I serve up a soft easy question so you can brag about your community service, and you attack?

 

And for the record geniuses, I've been working to bring a Chapter or Alpha Phi Omega to my campus. Sorry, as a rule, it isn't a party Fraternity so y'all probably wouldn't be interested, it is more service orientated, with a strong Scouting influence.

 

And you wonder why people don't notice your community service, couple things. Number one, you will get all fired up to defend your drinking and partying, not so much the service. Lots of drunkin threads, but have you ever once came on here and bragged about a project? I guess that may tell you where your priorities and values lay.

[RockRaines]

And what will fraternities do to improve their name?

They actually do alot of things that dont get nearly as much press. The amount of money given to charities, working with underpriveleged children, helping the elderly, volunteering for the homeless, even helping habitat for humanity. Many brothers of mine went to third world countries to volunteer for the fraternity, of course those dont get any press.

 

Of course to the outside person like the post above, everything is a "party" house based on drinking, never mind the actual friendships and bonds formed, never mind that there is probably 20 stories a year about drunked fraternity parties, and my house fed more than 100 times more families a year than there are stories in the paper, but of course that doesnt make headlines, nor make people come out of the cracks to attack the organization. Frankly its ok with me, its not supposed to be something that everyone likes, outsiders will always criticize things they dont know anything about, and its like that for many organizations across the country.

 

In the world where there are people murdering innocent students in lecture halls for no reason, people in other countries are being blown up on their way to work, the paper needs something to get your attention from each day to the next, and thousands of fraternities across the country giving money to charity, helping make the world and their community a better place doesnt have the hook like partying kids do on the front page. Your reality is what you make it and just because there isnt a front page story about the overall positives of greek organizations, doesnt mean that it is a minor aspect or something we arent all proud of, it just means you dont have the vision to see it.

Edited February 23, 2008 by RockRaines

[Texsox]

They actually do alot of things that dont get nearly as much press. The amount of money given to charities, working with underpriveleged children, helping the elderly, volunteering for the homeless, even helping habitat for humanity. Many brothers of mine went to third world countries to volunteer for the fraternity, of course those dont get any press.

 

I work for the Boy Scouts, we perform tens of millions of hours of service worldwide, and we rarely get any press either. And of course, when we do something unusual, (re: bad) we get plenty of press. That's what interests people.

[daa84]

95% of frats ive seen at many different schools dont care about the philanthropy events, usually philanthropy is mandated by the school and the frat puts forth a minimal effort for those events....thats not to say that those people in here aren't part of the 5% that do care

[Kyyle23]

I believe that frat-guys are like these colorado morons as much as I(the White Sox fan) am like William Ligue Jr. There are bad apples in every bunch, and bad stereotypes that those bad apples uphold and reinforce.

[RockRaines]

95% of frats ive seen at many different schools dont care about the philanthropy events, usually philanthropy is mandated by the school and the frat puts forth a minimal effort for those events....thats not to say that those people in here aren't part of the 5% that do care

Not everyone cares about those, but also not everyone's goals are to trash other peoples property or cause bodily harm to other people. Drinking is a norm in college whether you are part of an organization or not, being greek does not cause someone to become a bad person, in fact I would argue it does the opposite.