No greater exertion of controls should be placed on fraternities and sororities at Monmouth College.
For the reasons forthcoming, no new controls can be exerted on the fraternities and sororities within the Monmouth Greek System without causing more harm than good.
Points of Debate (Reason & Evidence)
a) Controls already in place are against civil rights and due process.
b) Controls already in place promote a loss of historical diversity and individualism.
c) Controls already in place cause loss of credibility for the university.
d) Controls already in place ignore the self-policing nature of fraternities and sororities.
e) Monmouth’s history of embracing diversity and promoting individualism will be lost by added controls on the Greek system.
The facts provided within this debate adequately underscore the urgency to end all efforts at exerting a greater degree of control over Monmouth fraternities and sororities.
The recent increase of control exerted on fraternities and sororities in the Monmouth Greek system have eroded university credibility and diminished the diversity of campus and off-campus life.
The forthcoming reasons will underscore why any further controls exerted on Monmouth fraternities and sororities will do more harm than good.
Points of Debate (Reason & Evidence)
a) The recent editorial in Monmouth’s The Outlook raises serious questions about controls on fraternities and sororities that threaten to violate members’ civil rights and due process of law. This has to do with the sharing of tenant’s personal and legal information among law enforcement officials, the university and the IFC. As the writer noted, “It is against EVERY student’s privacy rights to have the police and the university in cahoots as far as name sharing and passing of information from one group to another” (Sigma
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