“Where do we go from here?” was the big question on the agenda during Thursday's Interfraternity Council meeting.
On Tuesday, all 13 IFC fraternities were placed on a social "pause" due to behavior that is “unacceptable to the university,” university spokesperson Kathy Wolf said.
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The "pause" is in effect until Jan. 31, 2018, and during that time the fraternities are prohibited from hosting any social events with or without alcohol.
During that time, IFC members are required to attend educational programs covering topics such as sexual assault, bystander intervention and alcohol abuse.
The goal, moving forward, is to unite every organization on campus to help IFC fraternities spearhead a movement against misconduct, sexual assault and alcohol abuse, president of Sigma Chi Nate Newman said.
"It's unfortunate that this is an issue that we have to deal with, but I think sayings its just the IFC community is not right," Newman said. "So, I would like you guys to support me and maybe other organizations support me in considering having every Greek and non-Greek organization join us in these trainings."
President of IFC, Trevor Holland, supported this motion, saying the agreement was a great way to start the movement.
"I think it would be outstanding for the Interfraternity Council to promote just overall better campus community and make sure that everyone on our campus community is living that Beneficence Pledge," Holland said.
Director of Greek Life, Kari Murphy, said she will work on drafting an email opening this opportunity up to organizations.
The email, should "challenge the rest of university" to participate in the training Phi Delta Theta President Trent Sauceda said.
Additionally, Alpha Tau Omega President, Nick Carter, would like to see University President Geoffrey Mearns and other university officials involved with the movement.
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services Ro-Anne Royer Engle said this is a possibility depending on the president's calendar.
Along with challenging other students to get involved with the educational training, members of the fraternity are focusing on their philanthropy and brotherhood events.
"I would say just to really emphasize the brotherhood aspect of it guys," Bryce Smith, president of Lamda Chi Alpha said. "We're all brothers. I know our chapter's really striving to keep our brother morale high."
"We're taking a lot of our social money and putting it into the brotherhood account so we can have more brotherhood relationship building within our fraternity so we can strengthen us up and be ready for spring recruitment," Smith said.
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