UPDATE Sororities have also sent a demand letter to UCF to end the halt on Greek Life. A lawyer suggests that UCF’s reinstatement process is hazing. View that letter HERE.
KnightNews.com has confirmed that a North-American Interfraternity Conference lawyer is demanding the University of Central to put a halt to the school-wide Greek Ban the University has enacted because the process was instituted without due process.
A letter obtained by KnightNews.com, from Attorney Francis E. Pierce to W. Scott Cole of UCF, states that the conference is requesting the immediate end of Greek Life suspension at UCF, including the ‘Way Forward’ reinstatement presentation that chapters are preparing to present this week.
“We hereby demand that the University immediately end the current suspension of all fraternity and sorority activities. We also demand cancellation of the use of the process called the ‘Way Forward’ as a prerequisite for reinstatement.” Pierce wrote in the letter.
The letter from Pierce comes as UCF released a letter from ATO’s CEO, Wynn Smiley, criticizing how UCF handles its conduct process–especially by forcing members to prepare for a conduct hearing with finals nearby.
Currently, chapters could be reinstated as soon as April 1, pending their Way Forward presentation passes all of the guidelines set forth by UCF.
The lawyer represents clients with chapters at UCF, including all three of which were recently suspended. The lawyer also represents clients in chapters such as Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Alpha Psi, Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Pi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Chi, and Zeta Beta Tau.
Read email records UCF released from Sigma Chi and ATO’s nationals regarding the conduct process:
http://knightnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ato-ceo-emails.pdf
