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Recent issue with Syracuse University
[edit]Throwing out for discussion. How, if at all, should the recent events at Syracuse University be covered. The initial edit that mentions it is the following.
- In April of 2018, Syracuse University suspended Theta Tau after video of members surfaced that the university chancellor considered to be "extremely racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities." <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/nyregion/syracuse-fraternity-suspended.html|title=Syracuse Fraternity Suspended for ‘Extremely Racist’ Video|date=2018-04-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Naraht (talk) 15:29, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Fraternities and sororities often make headlines for controversial behavior and the results that follow. Historically, Wikipedia entries do make mention of these incidents. Not doing so in the case of Syracuse Theta Tau would be highly aberrational. Please do not delete cited reference to this incident until discussion has taken place here. Taquim 05:54, 21 April 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taquim (talk • contribs)
- Two suggestions for changes
- Move the text into a level 2 section called controversies to reflect the way it is on other GLO pages.
- change to say suspended the chapter of theta tau.Naraht (talk)•
- Alternatively, a note about the offending chapter could be linked as a reference against that specific chapter, rather than in a nationally focused article. This does not appear to be a systemic problem. Jax MN (talk) 06:36, 24 December 2020 (UTC)
Non-notable alumni
[edit]I am removing the following alumni from the article to here until their notability can be confirmed, either with a Wikipedia article or adequate sources.
- Henry W. Coil Jr. – owner of Tilden-Coil Contractors
- Bill Douce – chairman of Phillips Petroleum
- Harry Figgie Jr. – author and chairman of Figgie International
- J.R. Van Pelt – president of Montana Tech, Michigan Tech, and founding director/curator of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry
- Gus Vratsinas – founder and chairman of Vratsinas Construction Company
- James Rankin – president of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Lloyd Reuss – president of General Motors
- Charles Morgan – chairman of Acxiom Corporation
Rublamb (talk) 04:00, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
Proposed Restore of chapter conduct
[edit]The recently removed section on chapter conduct is quite suitable for the article, we have many other fraternity articles where similar chapter conduct issues are covered.Naraht (talk) 17:03, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- That was not intentional on my part. Thanks for the catch. Rublamb (talk) 00:07, 29 March 2023 (UTC)