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Friday,
January 30, 2004
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Fines
on frats need consistency
Empty
houses leave frats with empty pockets
Could
the double standard possibly be any worse?
While many fraternities in Worth Hills struggle to fill
their houses to capacity, main campus dorms, and fraternities
located within dorms, are overflowing with willing occupants.
TCU officials mandate that any fraternity unable to fill
the fraternity house must pay the university $2,120 for
every space not filled, and freshmen are no longer allowed
to live in fraternity houses. However, only the fraternities
located in Worth Hills are subject to this rule, resulting
in substantial fines and financial strain for many chapters.
If the policy is that freshmen are not allowed to live
in fraternity houses, then it must be enforced universally.
The fact that two fraternities reside in an on-campus
dorm should not exclude them from enforcement of the rule.
Although the university is in the process of renegotiating
the housing contracts with the Worth Hills fraternities,
many will still suffer several thousand dollar fees.
While the renegotiations are a step in the right direction,
the double standard the university has created cannot
be overlooked. By allowing freshman to move into the fraternity
houses on main campus, but banning them from the Worth
Hills fraternities, university officials are automatically
putting the Worth Hills fraternities at a disadvantage.
The issue should not be whether or not some fraternities
are allowed to renegotiate their contracts to alleviate
some of the fines and problems. Instead, the issue should
be why TCU does not equally enforce the rule barring freshmen
from moving into fraternity houses.
When the fall semester rolls around, as many fraternities
will struggle to meet occupancy, the main campus dorms
will be filled to the brim, and local hotels will probably
be housing some new students.
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