Ya’ll know the story there, right?
In the early 90s, there was an incident at the SAE house involving a girl allegedly getting her finger bitten off at a party.
SAE was expelled from campus and that house closed as a result.
Not sure if they ever made it back.
Frat leader indicted for biting off finger
HOUSTON – A University of Houston fraternity president has been indicted on felony charges for allegedly biting the tip off a woman’s finger at a party.
A Harris County grand jury Monday indicted Sigma Alpha Epsilon President Stephen Ferro, 22, for aggravated assault.
If convicted, Ferro could be sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $5,000.
Carrin Huber, 22, claims she was trying to break up a dispute between her boyfriend, Kevin Schramm, and Ferro during an Aug. 25 party at the SAE fraternity house when Ferro hit her in the face, grabbed her hand and bit the tip off her little finger.
Ferro and his friends said Huber and Schramm had been asked to leave the party after they apparently poured beer on other party-goers.
SAE notified the university Sept. 13 that it temporarily was closing the fraternity house, although the group still is registered with UH.
SAE officials said they hope to negotiate a peaceful settlement with neighbors of the fraternity house. For years, residents have complained about loud parties, underage drinking and damage to their property by people attending rowdy parties at the house.
The city of houston and UH grew up. Frontier Fiesta became the HLSR. We became public and catered to the growing population of the city. What’s wrong with that. We are giving some deserving people a chance at a real college education.
I think I read the settlement was $440K
Ehhh…
I think it’s more so that the city of Houston abandoned UH, and did so for a while
Sigma Nu is still active, they have a house off Scott on the other side of 45 from UH
Ah!
Great news!!
How big is the chapter, and who is the chapter advisor these days?
Nothing wrong with UH. The complaint has been support back to the University. That seems to be declining, there may be various reasons, but Greek life seems to have better support for their chapters and Universities and brings in support, even support from other schools during football events. When you enroll in Bama, you enroll in Greek life, and you support both the rest of your life. That is what UH is missing. Greek life in your school extend to other universities. When my boys would go to away games, they would hook up with local chapters at opposing schools. I personally did not have time to join UH Greek life, though I went to the parties, I was a commuter who still found my time at UH enjoyable and give back. Pre-med gives you many late nights in the library, I can remember many nights being the only one walking through campus.
The only time I saw Greek letters during my time at UH was on exams.
I did take classes full time while working the weekends and a large number of our students have similar schedules so I can see why Greek life is how it is.
Texas Tech is heavy Greek life
TAMU is not heavy Greek life - decent system but nothing revolves around it.
Texas has a very vibrant Greek system and West Campus is hopping.
Texas State - not sure but have heard it’s decent.
Tech’s Greek life is garbage lol
Not what I’ve heard from multiple sets of parents with kids in the system but who knows.
I mean it’s better than UH’s I’ll give them that
Greek life just can’t be what it used to be. Shoot, with phone cameras? No thanks. Don’t need that out there.
lol (I didn’t upload this video)
If this is hazing, then UH should shut down their athletics programs and intramurals all together
You would think, small town like Norman, nothing to do so kids are going to games anyway and supporting OU, but Greek life is HUGE. Ties kids into the university, gives them activities and school spirit to get involved in, and keeps ties strong after graduation for all activities and $ back to the university.
Are greek orgs, as constituted now, what students actually need? I was in one and very much appreciate the brotherhood (ie close friendships) and leadership skills I developed.
But in some ways I could see them as hindering todays student development. Some still suffer from the effects of segregation (though UH frats are typically way more diverse than those on other campuses but geez…the old South still the old South in a lot of frats) and sexism. Does it really benefit a college student to be in an all male or all female group while getting what will likely be their biggest experience in leadership positions? Would a business major be better off in non-limited organization than with ones that so limit their experience in such an important time in their development?
Good questions. I will say with today’s kids they need to learn socialization skills. Greek life will do that. The segregation thing will always be there as long as there is an ifc and a Pan-Hellenic council on a campus.
It is long past time for the IFC and National Pan-Hellenic Council to merge. Should have happened in the 80s.
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