NPC RESOLUTION LENDS SUPPORT TO SUBSTANCE-FREE HOUSING MOVEMENT

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke The National Panhellenic Conference  (NPC)  has added its voice to the growing support for substance-free Greek housing. At the National Panhellenic Conference biennial meeting in Norfolk, Virginia, on Saturday, October 18th, NPC unanimously adopted...
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MARCHING AWAY FROM ALCOHOL

Robert E. Manley, Manley & Burke Alcohol is in the news everywhere. At the Louisiana State University, Benjamin Wynne apparently celebrated his acceptance into the LSU chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon with some of his new brothers at a local...
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JUST WHAT ARE FRATERNAL EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWAY? (Part Two)

Barbara Schwartz Bromberg Introduction This is the second article in a two-part series dealing with the types of programs properly fundable by fraternal foundations and/or a fraternity's set aside funds. Please refer to the prior article appearing in the March,...
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ANTITRUST CLAIM REINSTATED AT HAMILTON COLLEGE

Robert E. Manley, Manley & Burke Four fraternities won a day in court in their antitrust lawsuit against Hamilton College. Hamilton College ruled that all students must live in college housing and sign college dining contracts, effective with the opening...
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LEGAL SUMMIT INITIATES DIALOGUE

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke On September 6th and 7th the National Association of Student Personnel Advisors' (NASPA) Fraternity/Sorority Network, chaired by Barbara Hollman, Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Montana, hosted a National Legal Summit...
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TWO CASES OF NOTE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke The enormous difficulties that drugs in a fraternity house can cause are underscored by recent events at the University of Pittsburgh. In the Spring of 1996, after the close of classes, local police raided...
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