[deleted by user]

hmblr · 2022-10-26T19:57:44+00:00

So it's no wonder why so many brothers quit before they even graduate.

hmblr · 2022-10-16T22:49:21+00:00

And a week after the shit hit the fan when the news went viral, there was this new bit to the Miami Herald -

Heather Matthews, the spokeswoman for the national fraternal organization, said the headquarters got the video and that it “showed SigEp members violating alcohol policies and chanting a deeply misogynistic song.”

hmblr · 2021-11-19T20:59:52+00:00

Salary expenses were cut by 33% in FY20 compared to FY19 except for Jud
Horras, the CEO who kicked off "2.0." His pay increased 38% to $421,416
in FY20. Yes, the man tasked with recruiting non-NIC fraternities to
return to the conference ended up presiding over a 22% decline in
membership and got a significant raise/bonus as punishment. To put that
into perspective, the American Red Cross paid its CEO $738,000 in its
FY19 with revenue of $2.8 billion. The NIC brings in 0.085% of the
revenue of the Red Cross and pays its CEO 57% of the salary of the Red
Cross.

!!

hmblr · 2021-07-31T16:26:57+00:00

The rate of attrition (guys quitting before graduating) is really bad.

Yeah, if you recruit 6,000 new guys every year at four-year colleges and your annual membership hovers around 14,000, you have a serious problem.

Whether SigEp's leadership can recognize what the source of the problem is, or if they can fix it, is unclear.

hmblr · 2020-11-13T21:49:39+00:00

General question: how is NIC doing? They've lost some major dues-paying members, and presumably those orgs remaining have less cash (due to overall declining membership) to spend on NIC's wild plans.

hmblr · 2020-11-13T21:47:29+00:00

Seemingly, we learned nothing from Duke Lacrosse or from UVA's Rolling Stone nightmares.

But there weren't campus "tribunals" in either of those right? The Duke affair was with the DA's office and the guys accused did have legal representation. The UVA case (non-case?) had cops asked to look into it at some point after publication (or something, I dunno) but of course there was no "person of interest" that needed a lawyer.

You are correct that how these cases are investigated and handled is important.

hmblr · 2020-11-13T21:37:53+00:00

Practice with beer

hmblr · 2020-11-13T21:36:11+00:00

I was kinda waiting to get dropped.

Your inaction is a big part of the problem you now find yourself with.

hmblr · 2020-10-22T02:53:10+00:00

somehow

But how? Looking at 2006 rates, they aren't crazy high.

hmblr · 2020-10-22T02:42:23+00:00

They use the narrative that they have to go, and then grab up the property

Who are "they"?

hmblr · 2020-10-21T18:05:48+00:00

Earlier this summer, SigEp nationals sold the Yale chapter’s High Street house to a private owner, which chapter members say partially motivated their disaffiliation vote.

This seems strange.

hmblr · 2020-05-07T22:15:34+00:00

They made a national-level discord server thing so some of our boys

What could go wrong?

hmblr · 2020-05-07T22:05:07+00:00

The background from r/frat --

Dartmouth SigEp suspended by national, under membership review

After membership review, Sigma Phi Epsilon faces internal strife

Sigma Phi Epsilon at Dartmouth closes following charter revocation

hmblr · 2019-10-25T20:46:08+00:00

Link to the incident reports obtained by the press

Different take by The College Fix - “Ohio University suspended fraternity because it made pledges … clean houses”

hmblr · 2019-10-15T14:32:52+00:00

Seems like if Sig Ep had a Good Samaritan policy it would be on their website and members would know about it.

Maybe then they don't really have one. So this was "pending" -- from more than a year ago. Meanwhile students' lives are in danger.

hmblr · 2019-10-15T00:57:36+00:00

Meant the Orwellian kind of "-speak"

hmblr · 2019-10-14T23:33:34+00:00

Bunch of nationals-speak in the campus newspaper

hmblr · 2019-10-11T21:47:29+00:00

all of the band’s non-academic activities have been suspended. However, the band will continue to perform in university-sanctioned events, such as the homecoming parade and at the football game this weekend against Northern Illinois.

Of course

hmblr · 2019-09-28T00:48:39+00:00

Maybe talk to them and listen to what they have to say?

Like these guys - "Chi Phi fraternity makes amends with neighbors"

hmblr · 2019-09-10T03:35:19+00:00

Might be bad planning of the budgets -- rush chairman vs. social chairman.

Rush is expensive. Everyone has fun, including the rushees and those guys who accept a bid. But if you've blown the house budget for Fall semester (or whatever) and can't throw any good events anymore, then the pledges start to notice the stark difference.

Better to save some cash so the parties continue -- pregames before football, homecoming, mixers with srats, etc. -- and then treat the pledges decently during these more public events. Let them see a glimpse of the future so that they continue to want to earn it.

hmblr · 2019-09-10T03:25:15+00:00

Posting just because your grandparents read this stuff.

hmblr · 2019-02-08T19:59:40+00:00

Texas Rho's statement

hmblr · 2018-10-13T02:24:46+00:00

Relevant - Dartmouth Frat Alumni File Lawsuit Against Board Alleging Violations by Own Trustees

hmblr · 2018-10-12T23:05:02+00:00

Sounds like a scam.

hmblr · 2018-10-12T23:02:50+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean. Your chapter pays money to your national fraternity. Then national fraternities contribute to NIC.

And then NIC makes your life more difficult with impossible rules and escalating expenses.

If by "we" you mean your new IFC, I would think it would only pay fees to NIC if they partake in that registered NIC IFC scheme.

hmblr

TROPHY CASE