Rick Neel: DTD at MC #24
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Hi Guys,
Just a short quick note today, as I begin my packing for my trip back home for the weekend festivities (and the weather report calls for cold, rainy weather. Highs are supposed to be in the 50's most of the time. That is cold for this transplanted southern boy! Ah well, thank goodness for inside places (like the Town House!)
I got a note from Joe Matheny, who had a request for help. I forwarded it on to the undergrads, but any alumni in the Marietta area might be interested as well. Here is his note.
Rick and all brothers,
My wife and I have had a rather worrisome summer and continues into this fall season, Our son is serving the US Army 4th Infantry as a 2nd Lt. in Bagdad, Iraq.
He is due to return to the states early Dec. He graduated from University of Cincinnati 2005. We have joined with the VFW #5108 to bring the Ohio Flags of Honor to Marietta the weekend of Nov 3rd, 4th & 5th. The opening ceremony will be at 5:30pm Friday the 3rd. We could use many more people to carry and Post the flags during the roll call of fallen soldiers from Ohio.
This will be an memorial serivce and tribute to the men and women that have lost their lives since 2003 in Iraq and Afghanitsan. This would be a great service to the community if Marietta College could be represented by Delts.
You can easily reach my wife at her work place O'Neill Senior Center 373-3914 if this is something anyone would be interested in doing. Thanks. I am currently the VP of Ohio High School Golf Coaches Assoc. and am working the state golf tournament Thurs, Fri & Sat in Columbus, Ohio as a rules judge, so will not be able to be around the house on Sat.
Best of Luck for a great Homecoming weekend full of events.
Joe Matheny '75
It was really nice to hear from Joe, I've been trying to touch base with him during my trips for the last couple of years and have just missed on several occasions. Hope to catch up with him soon though.
Next is something that is bad news for the Greek movement at MC. I got this from the Marietta Times today, so I'll attach a link for you. It seems that the DU's have been indefinately suspended from the campus and will have to vacate thier house. They have been accused of having an alcohol rush party (off campus) and allegedly hazing pledges. There is a fear on some DU's that they may lose thier charter. While I know that the Delts don't haze, and never have, this gives the fraternity world another black eye. And hopefully will serve as a reminder to all groups to be careful in what you do. Here is the link:
http://mariettatimes.com/news/story/new32_1010200684105.asp
Sure is bad timing for them with Homecoming right around the corner.
To close this email, and finish getting ready. I have to say that I have to remove a few of names from my mailing list, due to consistently getting them returned as undeliverable. If any of you have correct addresses for these brothers, please forward this to them and send me the updated address. Thanks!
John McMenamin, Michael Contay, Matt Joy (and he only lives across the river!!!), and Jason Jianella.
Have to go, hope all of you have a good week.
Rick Neel '73
posted by Rick Neel '73 at 3:13 PM
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College banishes fraternity
By Kate York, kyork@mariettatimes.com
About hazing
n What is hazing? Hazing is the initiation of a disciplinary activity by means of horseplay, practical jokes and tricks, often using humiliating or painful ordeals. Hazing has been a tradition in the fraternity system in American universities since at least 1850.
n Some examples of hazing are: Not allowing people to eat or sleep, name calling or yelling, forcing people to drink alcohol or use drugs, physical abuse, forcing someone to do personal errands for group members.
n Forty-four states have anti-hazing laws and in some states, like Florida, it is a felony.
n Since 1970, there has been at least one hazing-related death on a college campus each year.
n Eighty-two percent of deaths from hazing involve alcohol.
A Marietta College fraternity has had its charter indefinitely suspended following an off-campus party where officials said hazing may have occurred.
Members of the Delta Upsilon fraternity have been placed on “alumni status,” meaning there are no active members recognized, and members say they have been told the fraternity’s Fourth Street house will have to be vacated.
“I think the school has been spending the last three or four years trying to get rid of us so I think they succeeded in what they wanted to do,” said senior DU Matt Swales. “They accused us of hazing based on someone completely unconnected going and telling them that.”
Director of college relations, Tom Perry, said he can’t comment on the fraternity’s situation until the process is complete.
“Right now they’re going through the Marietta College process,” he said. “Until they’re done with that process I can’t say anything.”
The fraternity has had a chapter at the college since 1870, said Perry.
DU members say the fraternity was charged with holding a drinking fraternity function and providing alcohol to underage people at a party held in Harmar in September.
The fraternity was on probation and not allowed to hold parties where there was alcohol.
A Marietta College student was also possibly beaten at the party by a group of those attending.
“Supposedly someone got beat up and got injured but I think those are being brought as separate charges against some individuals,” said Ronnie Heskett, 22, who has maintained alumni status with the fraternity after transferring to another college. “From my understanding it was something that got out of hand because people were drinking too much.”
The party was at the home of Heskett and Swales.
No one underage was being provided with alcohol, said Heskett.
“This all stemmed from unsubstantiated evidence,” he said.
Heskett said he doesn’t think the party should even be considered a DU party.
“There were DUs there but there were a lot of other non-Greek people there,” he said. “And there were a lot of people from other fraternities and sororities.”
The fraternity had a Student Conduct Board hearing and the charter was suspended last week.
Heskett said members are worried that the charter could ultimately be revoked.
“We’re under the impression that they will revoke our charter,” he said. “That will probably happen.”
The last time a fraternity charter was revoked at the college was in 2001, when the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity lost its charter.
3:16 PM
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