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WVU’s Independent Student Newspaper
MONDAY OCTOBER 22, 2018
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Independent IFC begins new era in Morgantown BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR A functioning Independent Interfraternity Council (IIFC) is now operating in Morgantown after a two-month standoff with the University, and leaders of the new council say it’s here to stay. The IIFC elected executive members and committees last Wednesday, but the process of forming an independent council has been in the works since the summer. Jimmy Frey, vice president of community relations for the IIFC, said Friday the fraternities had a guiding hand from the independent fraternities at the University of Nevada, Reno. “It was easier than I thought. We’re not the first ones to do this,” Frey said. “So, we just kind of rode the coattails of Reno, Nevada. They did it, and they gave us their bylaws and their constitution and we tweaked it and put our twist on it.” Frey, who is in Sigma Chi, said his fraternity chose to disassociate mainly over the results of the University-issued Reaching the Summit report that put further restrictions on Greek life on campus. The report also put an interim suspension on Sigma Chi, where leaders of the chapter and alumni had to present “a rehabilitative action plan” to WVU in order to earn back
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Leaders of the IIFC , left to right, are Dylan O’Dell, Josh Holmes, Conor Wischmann, Tim Malloy, Jackson Roberts, Adam Carr and Jimmy Frey. recognition. He said the chapter was not awarded due process through Reaching the Summit. “We didn’t get a fair trial this summer when things unfolded,” he said. “The school can make excuses and people can make excuses and what not, but at the end of the day, what’s right is right and we didn’t get the right to due process, and we’re getting punished for things we already got punished for.” Reaching the Summit also drew
direct dissent from the fraternities’ national offices, which Frey said caused Sigma Chi’s nationals to rebuke WVU. The offices also took issue with deferred recruitment. “So, why are we getting double jeopardy? Nationals are mad about that, and fall recruitment was definitely another aspect of it, too,” he said. Speaking to the Charleston Gazette-Mail in June, Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Matthew Richardson said the working group that issued the Reaching the
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Summit report decided what organizations to discipline based on a blind review of conduct violations. He said a fraternity’s conduct violations from the previous year were shown, but the organization’s names were hidden. The working group then decided on what restrictions to implement. “Decisions on action plans, or suspension, or anything like that, was done on an objective basis based on the information we had in front of us,” Richardson told the Gazette-Mail. Frey said at the end of the day, it was a financial decision to disassociate as well. “We always did fall rush, and when it comes to nationals, we have to pay them, we’ve got to pay bills, we’ve got to have dues, we’ve got to have people in the house,” Frey said. “We have to try to grow as a chapter and grow right.” President E. Gordon Gee hit the national offices over the oversight of its Morgantown chapters in a letter to parents dated Sept. 27, announcing the 10-year ban of the five disassociated fraternities. “The national organizations have no ability to conduct local oversight of these chapters as their offices are located states away. I believe these national organizations are more concerned about dollars than our students’ lives,” Gee wrote.
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Bell-ringing ceremony honors life of student A service was held on Friday for late WVU student Anthony Cistaro.
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More than 30 cars have windows broken in Law School lot STAFF REPORT At least 33 cars had their windows smashed on Saturday morning near the WVU Law School. The cars were parked in Area 200, the 285-space, 24-hour paid lot adjacent to the Law School,
University spokesperson April Kaull said Sunday. She said WVU Police are currently reviewing surveillance camera footage and social media. Kaull said at least 33, possibly 34 cars, had their windows broken, but it is unknown if the damage was due to an attempted burglary.
She said it is also unknown if any items were stolen from the cars. According to WVU’s Transportation and Parking website, the yearly rate for parking in Area 200 is $366. For further updates, follow the PHOTO VIA WVU PARKING Daily Athenauem’s Twittter page Area 200 is adjacent to the WVU Law School. or visit thedaonline.com.
Huggins talks about NBA G League rule West Virginia hoops coach believes that it won’t affect college basketball too much.
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