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"Some college administrators seem so distracted with fund raising, academic infighting, and community initiatives that they set up their emergency communications departments very poorly. Training is poor to nonexistent, secretaries are pressed into service with tremendous responsibilities for running 'notification systems' 24/7 and on weekends because no one else knows how to do it and the administration won’t pay for additional staff. Procedures are seat-of-the-pants and dependent on HIPPO (highest paid person’s opinion), except when something like Virginia Tech happens and there is some sort of scramble to do something different." --Donna
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July 11, 2007
Christian Fraternity Sues U. of Florida Over Denial of Recognition
A Christian fraternity has accused the University of Florida of discrimination in a federal lawsuit that says it rejected the group’s bid for recognition as an official student group, the Associated Press reported. University officials told the fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi, that its all-male, Christian-only membership policy violate the campus’s rules against sex bias and religious discrimination. The fraternity is being represented in the case by the Christian Legal Society and the Alliance Defense Fund, which have been associated with similar lawsuits over the status of Christian student groups on other campuses. —Andrew Mytelka
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Freedom of association applies to single-sex groups, including fraternities and sororities. Freedom of religion applies to groups of any faith or no faith at all. How is allowing a group of freely associating young men to exist on campus a violation of any rule worth having? Would a group of female atheists be allowed to form on campus? If so, then there are no grounds for prohibiting this group of religious males to organize.
— Laura Jul 11, 07:16 PM #