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POLICY CHANGES
ON THE HORIZON
Mizzou Seeks to Challenge
Fraternal Structures
F
or some time, the Office of Student Life
has been reviewing and challenging many
of the rules and procedures surrounding frater-
nity and sororities and how they operate. A task-
force was formed consisting of a few alumni,
students, and a group of University officials. In
addition, an outside consulting firm was hired
to make some recommendations.
While we had some understanding of the direc-
tion this project was going, it was not until the
recommendations were made public that we
became aware of the amount of control the Uni-
versity desires to have over us.
As we go to print, the house corporation and
others are digesting the recommendations, and
at this point they are just that, recommenda-
tions. Some of the recommendations, such as
more restrictions on alcohol, elimination of
hazing and better risk management on social
matters, we applaud. Recommendations sur-
rounding and the involvement of the University
in the rush/recruitment program are not satis-
factory at this time nor is the amount of control
the University is seeking.
By far the most controversial matter for Zeta Phi
is that there would be the requirement that all
freshmen live in the dormitory instead of in the
fraternity house. We believe enactment of these
recommendations in their current form would
be harmful to us from a brotherhood standpoint
as well as from a financial standpoint. For over
50 years, our house has built its financial bud-
get based on having 35-40 freshmen living in
the house. The alternative would be to force se-
niors to live in the house, and as you all know,
that has not been the tradition for over 30 years
and it is highly unlikely such an effort would be
successful. Without the revenue, we would not
be able to service our debt.
The house corporation, chapter advisors, and
several alumni are seeking the best approach
to revising these recommendation so as to ben-
efit from the positive changes and to reduce/
eliminate the negative changes that are now
included. While we believe some changes are
warranted, turning over control of our policies
to University officials is not in the best interest
of Zeta Phi, or for that matter, the University.
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