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By Jen Calantone and Allie Feras on 11/19/07
The offices of Campus Life and Greek Life have suspended a requirement that all of AU's greek organizations provide the university with members' off-campus addresses, according to Student Government President Joe Vidulich.
However, Campus Life is considering extending the requirement to all AU students living off-campus, he said.
"To limit it to just the greeks would have been discrimination," Vidulich said.
Vidulich met with Vice President of Campus Life Gail Hanson Nov. 8 to discuss the situation. He also met with Greek Life Coordinator Danny Kelley the same week about the issue.
The university will make a decision about whether to reinstate the requirement and extend it to all AU students some time next semester. The university will be seeking student input in this process, Vidulich said.
The university has required greek organizations to submit off-campus addresses to a database in the past. Interfraternity Council President Elliot Friedman said he had not been aware of the policy before the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity introduced a resolution opposing it. Greek organizations had to submit the last reports that required disclosure of members' off-campus addresses prior to the start of Friedman's term in February.
Pi Kappa Alpha members Pete Surprenant, a senior in the School of Communication, and Andy Acs, a senior in the Kogod School of Business, drafted the resolution after the Office of Greek Life asked Pi Kappa Alpha to re-submit its roster. Pi Kappa Alpha's roster included on-campus addresses and some off-campus addresses, but was not as complete as the office required, Surprenant said.
In previous years, the fraternity had complied with what Surprenant called "an invasion of privacy."
"This information could only be used by the school to hurt greek life ... they're not swinging by and making sure we're alright," Surprenant said.
Hanson will meet with President Neil Kerwin in the spring semester to discuss whether or not to require all students to provide the university with off-campus addresses, she said.
However, Campus Life is considering extending the requirement to all AU students living off-campus, he said.
"To limit it to just the greeks would have been discrimination," Vidulich said.
Vidulich met with Vice President of Campus Life Gail Hanson Nov. 8 to discuss the situation. He also met with Greek Life Coordinator Danny Kelley the same week about the issue.
The university will make a decision about whether to reinstate the requirement and extend it to all AU students some time next semester. The university will be seeking student input in this process, Vidulich said.
The university has required greek organizations to submit off-campus addresses to a database in the past. Interfraternity Council President Elliot Friedman said he had not been aware of the policy before the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity introduced a resolution opposing it. Greek organizations had to submit the last reports that required disclosure of members' off-campus addresses prior to the start of Friedman's term in February.
Pi Kappa Alpha members Pete Surprenant, a senior in the School of Communication, and Andy Acs, a senior in the Kogod School of Business, drafted the resolution after the Office of Greek Life asked Pi Kappa Alpha to re-submit its roster. Pi Kappa Alpha's roster included on-campus addresses and some off-campus addresses, but was not as complete as the office required, Surprenant said.
In previous years, the fraternity had complied with what Surprenant called "an invasion of privacy."
"This information could only be used by the school to hurt greek life ... they're not swinging by and making sure we're alright," Surprenant said.
Hanson will meet with President Neil Kerwin in the spring semester to discuss whether or not to require all students to provide the university with off-campus addresses, she said.
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