FIRST AMENDMENT DISPUTE

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com “The vigilant protection of Constitutional freedoms is nowhere more vital than in the community of American schools,” so said the United States Supreme Court in Shelton v. Tucker, 364 U.S. 479 at 487 (1960).  On...
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GREEK LIFE: A RICH FIELD FOR EVANGELIZATION

Rev. J. Friedel, Director of Campus Ministry, Southeast Missouri State University “The eye of faith discerns campus ministry where commitment to Christ and care for the academic world meet in purposeful activity to serve and realize the Kingdom of God.” ...
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EDITOR’S NOTE ON A MINISTER’S VIEW OF FRATERNITIES

The following is an article that appeared in the December 2005 - January 2006 issue of Crossroads, a publication of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association.  The article is reprinted here with permission for two reasons.  First, in contrast to usually...
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Correction

In the January 2006 issue of Fraternal Law the article “Muslim Sorority” incorrectly stated that Alpha Gamma Delta was based “on the traditions and the missionary zeal of Ignatius Loyola, a Jesuit Catholic Priest.” The article should have identified the...
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Update on AEPi’s Case Against CSI

Oral argument is set for March 1, 2006 in AEPi’s case against City University of New York College of Staten Island (“CSI”).  As previously reported here, at issue is whether CSI can legally require all recognized student organizations to accept...
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PRIMER ON SET ASIDE PROCEDURES

Barbara Schwartz Bromberg, Esq., Dinsmore & Shohl LLP INTRODUCTION It has been some time since we reviewed the rules surrounding set asides in this column and with many fraternal organizations' fiscal year ends and tax seasons approaching, this seems like...
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LOCAL SORORITY SUES CHICO STATE UNIVERSITY

Dan McCarthy, Manley Burke Alpha Chi, a local sorority at California State University, Chico, filed a lawsuit1 in January against the University in state court alleging multiple civil rights violations.  Alpha Chi, the oldest sorority at Chico State, was recently...
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