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August 22, 2007

UNM President Announces Task Force to Examine Greek System

UNM President David J. Schmidly has announced the formation of a task force to examine the culture of the Greek system at UNM. The task force has been formed in the wake of several incidents over the past two weeks while the fraternities were recruiting members.

Schmidly said a major objective of this task force is to strengthen what the Greek system is really about. “ We want to remind those organizations of their important functions in terms of community service, leadership and behavior standards. These recent incidents have raised concern that there is an unhealthy climate in some of these organizations.”

The task force is still being formed and will include representatives from alumni and the community as well as student organizations and faculty representatives. It will be lead by Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration David Harris.

Three of the six fraternities which make up the Interfraternity Council are now on emergency suspension by the UNM Dean of Students. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Theta are currently prohibited from conducting social or recruitment activities, pending an investigation and hearing by the Dean of Students.

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