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Frat member advertises party through SJU-Haul
Justin Lohr '08
Issue date: 9/26/07 Section: Features
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Freshman move-in 2007-a hot, brutal day, with a temperature over 90 degrees and a heat index well over 100. From early morning until late afternoon, freshman students, RAs, and members of various student organizations labored to move lamps, suitcases, boxes, and a multitude of other items from the trunks of cars and vans into the freshman dorms on campus. Covered in sweat within 10 or 15 minutes, there was little on the minds of these volunteers aside from getting the new students moved in and situated on Hawk Hill.
In the midst of this activity and bustle, one member of the Phi Lambda chapter of the Lambda Chi fraternity took it upon himself to advertise an upcoming party to freshmen in the cafeteria. Using this unique opportunity to approach freshmen students, he turned freshman move-in into both a recruitment opportunity and a chance to advertise upcoming parties, despite this being a blatant violation of Lambda Chi's intention and motives regarding the event.
"We use freshman move-in as an opportunity to get involved on campus and to work with other student organizations," said Aiden Mette, '08, the President of the Phi Lambda chapter. "We do not use this use this opportunity, or encourage our members to use it, as a recruitment effort."
Freshman move-in is supported by the SJU-HAUL program, in which members from various student organizations aid RAs and incoming freshman in moving into the freshman dorms, said Beth Hagovsky, Ed.D, Director of Student Leadership and Activities.
"The overall goal is to make the move-in process easier for students and their families," Hagovsky said in an e-mail to The Hawk. "And ultimately, it's a nice way to welcome people to SJU and meet some of our student leaders."
This incident with the Lambda Chi member is not the first time that SJU-HAUL has been used to advertise parties to new students. Joe Jennings, '08, told The Hawk that he heard upperclassmen petitioning freshmen while working as a representative for the Orientation Leaders on SJU-HAUL in 2006.
In the midst of this activity and bustle, one member of the Phi Lambda chapter of the Lambda Chi fraternity took it upon himself to advertise an upcoming party to freshmen in the cafeteria. Using this unique opportunity to approach freshmen students, he turned freshman move-in into both a recruitment opportunity and a chance to advertise upcoming parties, despite this being a blatant violation of Lambda Chi's intention and motives regarding the event.
"We use freshman move-in as an opportunity to get involved on campus and to work with other student organizations," said Aiden Mette, '08, the President of the Phi Lambda chapter. "We do not use this use this opportunity, or encourage our members to use it, as a recruitment effort."
Freshman move-in is supported by the SJU-HAUL program, in which members from various student organizations aid RAs and incoming freshman in moving into the freshman dorms, said Beth Hagovsky, Ed.D, Director of Student Leadership and Activities.
"The overall goal is to make the move-in process easier for students and their families," Hagovsky said in an e-mail to The Hawk. "And ultimately, it's a nice way to welcome people to SJU and meet some of our student leaders."
This incident with the Lambda Chi member is not the first time that SJU-HAUL has been used to advertise parties to new students. Joe Jennings, '08, told The Hawk that he heard upperclassmen petitioning freshmen while working as a representative for the Orientation Leaders on SJU-HAUL in 2006.
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