In our last post, we stated that Cornell’s administration was hosting a forum to discuss the new policies concerning Greek life.

What happened? Well, according to the Cornell Insider, the administration was met “with interrogation, hisses, boos, bros, and even a Keystone reference as Greek members” discussed the new policy.

Here is a quick recount of the unproductive meeting originally told by Oliver Renick:

-          The administration present (Apgar, Dean Kent Hubbell, and Susan Murphey) and IFC President Allen Miller thought this would be a “calm, collected meeting.”

-          However, the meeting itself became a sort-of “mild hazing” of administrators.

-          “Fraternity speakers were complemented with vehement applause and finger-snapping.”

-          Administrators instead were met with “grumbling and hissing.”

-          Dean Hubbell tried to quell the crowd by “reminding the crowd of his membership in the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.” This resulted in a “red-faced Hubbell” laughing a lot.

-          Alpha Sigma Phi’s Doug Durant ’11 said that drinking “was not a keystone part of my recruitment.  I see an affront on Greek traditions.  I can see no other result from this besides shrinking of the Greek system.”

-          IFC members did not cease demanding “how the number of Greek recruits would be maintained, how safety would be improved, and why fraternities were being targeted in the first place.”

-          Representatives from each frat “echoed sentiments that abolition of recruitment boozing would lead to more dangerous drinking environments in dorms and in Collegetown.”

-            Rohan Siddhanti ’12, president of Sigma Pi then reasoned that eliminating drinking in fraternities is not useful. He quipped, “They’ll be drinking in their dorms.  It’s not changing the culture – it’s not changing the roots.”

-          After the very “constructive” discussion, “the latter half of the forum was a rather raucous tag-team assault on the amendments proposed to redefine the University Recognition Policy.  At one point forum leader Allen Miller reminded guests to “keep this professional… to a point.”  With the Fraternities’ extensive laundry list of complaints and a single unanimous voice against the new policy, one almost expected an administrator to beg, “don’t haze me, bro!”