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If one member of any group makes a mistake, punish that one member.  If you want to change culture, change it by educating people and challenging them and rewarding improvement.  Mandating behavior does not guarantee it, just like banning substances does not force them to disappear.

Holding people and organizations accountable is perfectly appropriate, but nobody should be accountable for the sins of their brothers or sisters, forgive the pun. The same logic should apply to all other students, all other student organizations recognized by FSU. Greeks, the band, athletes, Young Democrats/Republicans, Libertarian Students, the Black Student Union, Hillel, etc. should all be treated identically.

Sadly, FSU does not demonstrate any equity in its treatment of various student organizations and groups, and that is a problem for the FSU administration that this recent football analogy highlights.  Apparently, FSU only punishes Greeks, despite the liberal use of recreational drugs, alcohol and host of other behavioral maladies that occur daily outside the Greek system.

It is simply wrong to deprive an entire class of students, thousands of them, the use of services they have paid for as well as the associations they value and are legally entitled to enjoy. Further insult to injury is found when FSU demands that in order to be recognized, Greeks must give up nearly all of their constitutional rights and protections.

This is abuse of process and authority at its finest. Maybe it’s just hard to back off when you get applauded for bullying one class of easy targets.

Herein lies hypocrisy – being taught by example by FSU Administrators

If young people are supposed to learn lessons in college, FSU’s Greeks are certainly getting their money’s worth.  They are being taught a living example of hypocrisy, double standards, violations of their First, Second and Fourth Amendment rights and generally, how totalitarianism emerges in our world.

For months, FSU has held the collective heads of its fraternity and sororities under water.   While some may believe the actions of a few should result in the punishment of all, the American legal system does not work that way.

For months, FSU Greeks have been deprived of their right to associate, been looked upon as guilty until proven innocent and have been financially damaged to the tune of millions of dollars taken from them by an over-reaching Administration.

We wrote last week that despite our belief of overreaction, FSU’s plan was simply to “tap the brakes” to get people’s attention and then to restore rights.  But now we have learned that as recently as yesterday, FSU’s Dr. Amy Hecht has redoubled her more punitive approach to Greek regulation.  If this is the case, there is no reason for the FSU fraternities or sororities to work with her.