Proposal: Hold RSO’s Responsible for Alumni
UCF Administration, UCF Greek Life — By Staff on September 30, 2009 at 12:24 amKnightNews.com has received several e-mails from parents and students concerned about proposed changes to UCF’s rules of conduct.
After getting the e-mails, KnightNews.com asked UCF for its stance on this situation, and Assistant Vice President for News and Information Grant Heston responded with a statement.
“As we do every year, UCF reviews the Golden Rule for potential clarifications and changes,” Heston said. ”This standard process is ongoing and nothing has been finalized at this time.”
The changes address how the university can discipline student organizations for conduct involving alumni members who are no longer UCF students.
Under the proposed rules, UCF can hold an entire registered student organization responsible when “[o]ne or more members, alumni, or guests allegedly violate an Organizational Rule of Conduct at an organization-sponsored, financed, or otherwise supported activity…”
Darlene Shipley, a parent of a student who was a member of Beta Theta Pi at the time it was found in violation of sexual misconduct, is one of the many people who brought this issue to the attention of KnightNews.com.
In the Beta case, there was controversy about how UCF held the entire group responsible for the alleged sexual misconduct which was reportedly committed by a non-student alumni member, and Shipley believes that’s what prompted this change.
“The new regulations are a direct result of the claims that Beta made throughout its hearing and continues to make in its court appeal: that UCF improperly charged Beta because it had no authority to do so under the Golden Rule, and that OSC committed many significant violations of the Golden Rule in the Beta case,” read a portion of the e-mail Shipley forwarded to KnightNews.com.
Another person who e-mailed KnightNews.com, using the alias “concerned parent,” said the Office of Student Condut is “backdooring” these new rules in without making students aware of the changes or chance to participate in public comment.
KnightNews.com did not receive any press release from either UCF or SGA announcing the proposed changes, however, on the Web site http://regulations.ucf.edu, a memo dated Sept. 16 said comments must be directed to regulations@mail.ucf.edu by Wednesday, Sept. 30 regarding the proposed changes.
The literature KnightNews.com received opposing the changes argues that, under the new rules, “If a guest steals a wallet at a organization’s philanthropic event, the entire organization will be held responsible.”
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“It is more than likely that the proposed rule is a forward looking rule rather than one relating to the case.” The golden rule is being changed so that in the future, organizations are made aware and educated on the fact that they will be held liable for the actions of the alumni. As I said, I do not think it relates to the case.
Dear Student
Explain to me please how it protects your UCF degree to have a rule saying were going to let OSC punish you for something you didnt do and that you didnt know anything about until after the fact?
It is more than likely that the proposed rule is a forward looking rule rather than one relating to the case. As mentioned, every year the rules are updated based on changes that need to be made to the golden rule. OSC is there to protect the value of our degree among other things. It needs to be realized that whether these people are alumni or not, they were at a UCF affiliated event. The media is always looking to tie UCF to news stories because they make good news. People need to be held liable for their actions.
There is an e-mail sent out EVERY year for students to get onto the golden rule review committee. If you have a problem with the golden rule, step up.
kerpla- you are retarded. Greek men and Greek women GPAs are well above the All mens average and all womens average each semester. Most greek members were leaders in their high school and have continued to be a leader here at UCF. They have a better resume than you could wish for and they have fun doing it. I’m sorry your life is so miserable that you need to come here and hate on people who were given an opportunity you couldnt earn.
I have a fail proof plan on getting rid of Greek kids…
Raise UCF’s academic admissions standards and stop accepting everybody and their mom.
That’s certainly interesting considering that the new 09-10 Golden Rule has seemingly replaced the previous version. No mention of the old one, no indications that the new one is not final version, and the 09-10 Golden Rules are printed. Anyone going onto the Golden Rule site would be under the impression that is the final version. http://www.goldenrule.sdes.ucf.edu/
UCF has never been 100% supportive of it’s Greek Life and instead of doing anything they can to protect and rehabilitate organizations and members of organizations, they take the easiest way out and try to save face. It’s disgraceful and completely goes against everything UCF preaches to its students: Unity, Education, Understanding, Integrity etc…
Darlene- You are a strong woman! We have never met personally. but I was a friend of Trevor’s and we will all fight with you to make sure the fraternity he worked so hard for and loved so much is not tainted by the ridiculous politics that UCF is utilizing.
What the…I know that the OSC is the final word, but they have no right not to inform the students of these potential changes right away.
Was this in the referenda for the voting this week? Did ANYONE know about this?
The OSC is rubbing it in the face of the student body. They are the types that would never survive in real industry. Of course, I hear it’s all about politics, back stabbing, getting rid of your enemies, who has the most power, and who your friends are. On second thought, they would do just fine!
Students, you need to flood them with e-mails TODAY!!! Write to them at regulations@mail.ucf.edu and tell them what you think of their proposed changes!
OSC,
There is no excuse for what you are doing “in the dark of the Knight.” KnightNews said they received no press release from you about your proposed rule changes and that’s exactly what we have come to expect! You can’t get it done in the light of day so you sneak around and do it in the dark.
Actually, we should be grateful because it proves that you did not have the authority to do what you did to Beta. Thank you for that!
Proud Parent of Disgraced Beta
Anything I could say right now would be an understatement. The OSC is the biggest joke on this campus! You would think they’d be a bit smarter and wait a while til they implemented changes that are directly related to the Beta case so that they don’t look shady but nope they could really care less cause either way they call the shots as the “God” of UCF.
How can HITT and administrators allow this to go on… how can they be a part of this?
Beta will have its justice and other students who have been f*cked over by the OSC will have their justice.
WTF!!!!!
UCF is a joke….its just another form of a corporate bureaucracy that does whatever they feel like doing just because they have the power and funds to do so…its sad the society we live in when a rule is made affecting a majority of people (students) and they have no say about something that pertains to them!…completely unfair!
Correction: 1st sentence should be “This really raises some interesting questions.”
This really raises some interesting. If OSC and UCF were so just and right in its actions, why change anything? Further, why blatantly make these changes in a manner without a doubt due directly to the Beta Case?
I’m sure UCF and OSC will say something along the lines of they are just “clarifying” things. I guess we’ll see.
This is outrageous! RIP Trevor Shipley