By: Dan

Dan
Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:33:34 +0000

As a parent of one of the girls affected by this decision I want the public and the alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma to know there's more to this story that's being told. How would you feel if your daughter was thrown out of her kappa house and given a list of unsuitable and unsafe alternate housing in an urban environment provided by OSU (none provided by Beta Nu)? This follows a period of time where an assessment was applied to pay for an expansion to the house. Not only that, the girls were asked to ration paper products and and a parent ended up donating same. The decision was delivered at the onset of finals leaving the girls to scramble to find housing when they should be studying for exams. There wasn't any ongoing education and guidance as stated by Kappa National regarding their bylaws, policies or current probation. Why? Our daughter loves being a Kappa and is deeply heartbroken. Still, the girls remain silent out of loyalty to Kappa Kappa Gamma despite being approached by the media. Why is there a double standard where the OSU band is busted for hazing, but the whole band remains intact? You don't see them being suspended for 2 years. This is all too sad and I cannot believe more reasonable sanctions could be negotiated. Ohio State also needs to examine their student life in its entirety. Of course everyone is concerned about the safety of the students and the pledge that was injured. It would be interesting to see how many pedestrian injuries were reported in the past year.