The University of Maryland has begun interviewing Greek Life members as part of its investigation into fraternities and sororities on campus. The school shut down Greek Life activities in early March following allegations of abuse on campus. The school announced Friday: A private consulting firm was hired to conduct interviews on Mondays, which continued throughout the week. “A number of current and new members from the fraternity council and Panhellenic Society chapters will be invited for interviews to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the allegations,” school officials said in the letter. Ta. One former sorority member is using the opportunity to speak out. “Harassment, bullying, all these issues that we think permeate Greek life are happening at every level, every chapter, every school across the country,” Megan Thompson said. That's the motivation behind the “Snap” podcast. Thompson's goal is to shine a light on Greek life. She started a podcast, which has now expanded to allow others to share stories about what goes on behind closed doors. They do it here on campus in a basement house,” she said. Thompson was intrigued to learn that the university had suspended new member recruitment and social activities that involved alcohol. We knew when we received the notice that she was suspending everyone. Something pretty terrible must have happened (happened) or there were too many chapters to put it all together in just one list,” she said. The podcast's producers said they hope the school has accurate information so it can close. “That's totally Greek life, but they don't expect that to happen,” Thompson said. “It's going to be business as usual.” Meanwhile, the national offices of the four fraternities released a statement calling the blanket suspension unjust, saying, “This is an egregious attack on due process and the freedom of association of adult students who have a legal right to both.'' It's an attack.” said the statement. “We will demand a change in policy and otherwise seek legal remedies to ensure the protection of the rights of all university students and campus organizations.” University officials told 11 News they have no information about the investigation. He said he would not release details.
The University of Maryland has begun interviewing Greek Life members as part of a study about fraternities and sororities on campus.
The school shut down Greek life activities in early March following allegations of abuse on campus.
The school announced Friday that it has hired a private consulting firm and will continue conducting interviews for a week starting Monday. “A number of current and new members from each chapter of the Fraternity Council and Panhellenic Society will be invited for interviews to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the allegations,” school officials said in the letter.
One former sorority member uses this opportunity to speak about her experience.
“Harassment, bullying, all the issues that seem to be pervasive in Greek life are happening across the country at every level, every branch, every school,” Megan Thompson said.
That's the motivation behind the “Snapped” podcast. Thompson's goal is to shine a light on Greek life. She started a podcast, which has now expanded to allow others to share stories about what goes on behind closed doors.
“Some of the horrible, twisted stories you couldn't even write. You couldn't even make up the things that they're doing here in the house in the basement of campus,” she said.
Thompson was intrigued to learn that the university had suspended new member recruitment and social activities that involved alcohol.
“When I got the notice that everyone was being suspended, I knew that either something really bad had happened or there were too many chapters to combine into one list,” she said. said.
The podcast's producers said they hope schools have accurate information and can shut down Greek life completely, but they don't expect that to happen.
“They'll investigate, they'll make it seem like some chapters are responsible, they'll probably kick them off campus forever, and it'll be business as usual in the fall,” Thompson said.
Meanwhile, the national offices of the four fraternities issued statements calling the total suspension unjustified.
“This is an egregious attack on the due process and freedom of association of adult students who are legally entitled to do so,” the statement said. “We will demand a change in policy and otherwise seek legal remedies to ensure the protection of the rights of all university students and campus organizations.”
University officials told 11 News they would not release any information or details regarding the investigation.
