UCF Fraternities and Sororities lifted the ban on alcohol from all Greek events yesterday afternoon.
According to documents handed out to members of the Greek community, new policies will replace the moratorium, including a ban on all Interfraternity Council events with alcohol for the first six weeks of every semester.
Another policy put in place by the Interfraternity council includes having third party security present whenever a fraternity boards a bus to attend any social event with alcohol.
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In joint resolutions agreed upon by the Greek councils a one time $5 charge per member will be charged “to facilitate educational programming” and a zero tolerance policy will be put in place for unregistered social events with alcohol.
This comes after reports that Ann Hefferin’s death did not involve alcohol but instead a rare bacterial infection.
It’s still unclear if more changes will come involving alcohol on UCF’s campus. According to the minutes of a recent Greek Council meeting, Dr. Maribeth Ehasz, the Vice President of Student Development and Enrollment, expressed her concern for how people act at tailgates. “Memory Mall is also a great concern, with the overflow of people and the way our students and alumni act during tailgating.”
Ehasz also told the council, “I will be gathering a group of people together to work on the Alcohol Emergency Policy. To me it is not amnesty but it is caring for ourselves and for others, but I want you to know that it is something that we are working toward and we are not opposed to it.”
In the past, former SGA officials have said that medical amnesty and alcohol amnesty had been stopped by the administration and Dr. Ehasz before Ann Hefferin’s passing.
KnightNews.com will continue to follow the changes in Greek life.
