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Postby couch 'em » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:59 am

Not really, but UT frat has to pay $4.2 million because someone died from a completely voluntary activity.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5888704.html
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Postby Big Hoss » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:35 am

So I guess it's okay to let your friends drink so much that they die from alcohol poisoning? Hey, I was in a fraternity, too, but when guys were getting overserved, we cut them off.

It's called responsibility, and a lot of college kids don't know the definition of the word.
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Postby NickSMU17 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:39 am

agree
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Postby couch 'em » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:11 pm

I agree they were well in the wrong for not taking care of him and cutting him off, it was not OK, and it was irresposible and reprehensible, but I have a hard time saying that them or their fraternity is $4 million responsble for what happened.
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Postby lwjr » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:20 pm

couch 'em wrote:I agree they were well in the wrong for not taking care of him and cutting him off, it was not OK, and it was irresposible and reprehensible, but I have a hard time saying that them or their fraternity is $4 million responsble for what happened.


I am not saying one one way or the other, but it is hard to judge unless we have walked in there shoes.
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Postby RednBlue11 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:52 pm

i want to hear some positive things about what fraternities are doing to raise money and help the community
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Postby lwjr » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:57 pm

RednBlue11 wrote:i want to hear some positive things about what fraternities are doing to raise money and help the community


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That does not make good news according to the "experts". I would like to see anything positive on the news.
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Postby jtstang » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:59 pm

couch 'em wrote:I have a hard time saying that them or their fraternity is $4 million responsble for what happened.

Well, it was a settlement, so they and their fraternity apparently did not have a hard time saying it.
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Postby RednBlue11 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:01 pm

it was most likely not an easy decision to put up 4 mil...but if it was prosecuted it could have well been more
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Postby jtstang » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:11 pm

Also could have poured them out. Never know.
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Postby couch 'em » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:24 pm

lwjr wrote:
RednBlue11 wrote:i want to hear some positive things about what fraternities are doing to raise money and help the community


RednBlue11

That does not make good news according to the "experts". I would like to see anything positive on the news.


Forget positive - I want more negative stories about the extreme communist bigoted academic elite. I'm sure they sided with Price over the 'blackhole'comment.
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Postby FWMustangGirl » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:02 pm

couch 'em wrote:Forget positive - I want more negative stories about the extreme communist bigoted academic elite. I'm sure they sided with Price over the 'blackhole'comment.


That man is such an idiot. Say what you will about Fort Worth, but I'll take it any day over a Dallas run by such a bunch of jackarses.
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Postby The Spaz » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:11 pm

couch 'em wrote:
lwjr wrote:
RednBlue11 wrote:i want to hear some positive things about what fraternities are doing to raise money and help the community


RednBlue11

That does not make good news according to the "experts". I would like to see anything positive on the news.


Forget positive - I want more negative stories about the extreme communist bigoted academic elite. I'm sure they sided with Price over the 'blackhole'comment.


Blackhole is racist
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Postby couch 'em » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:22 pm

The Spaz wrote:
couch 'em wrote:
lwjr wrote:
RednBlue11 wrote:i want to hear some positive things about what fraternities are doing to raise money and help the community


RednBlue11

That does not make good news according to the "experts". I would like to see anything positive on the news.


Forget positive - I want more negative stories about the extreme communist bigoted academic elite. I'm sure they sided with Price over the 'blackhole'comment.


Blackhole is racist
Black Hole is scientific

Got that, whitehole?

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Postby Stallion » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:27 pm

I hate to say it but:

"What kind of fraternity would take pledge like you"
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What is the deal with the necklaces with the popcorn on them. You realize how stupid your going to look in a couple of years. A fraternity that would allow one of its pledges to continue to wear popcorn necklaces after the start of pledgeship should be banned from campus and have their charter removed from national. If they had followed this simple rule they would have saved a lot of attorneys fees and settlement.
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