nobody likes people in the greek system anyway. Pointless

Seeing how the justices were essentially handpicked by Marshall Snow (JBoard Chief Justice) and his girlfriend (Panhel President), this is a clear case of corruption and nepotism. Those in the Greek System have known about this problem for some time and it is common knowledge that Marshall Snow frequently plays favorites in his position as Chief Justice. It will be interesting to see how Mr. Snow will dodge the accusations and blame Sig Ep and IFC rather than own up to the facts.

who files a noise complaint at 9 o’clock on a thursday night in Madison WI? really?

Hazing continues to be the number one problem in Sig Ep. Last year we were lined up almost naked on Langdon Street, and other members threw human excrement and urine into our hair and faces. Many of the members are hooked on strong drugs like cocaine and meth. Their rich parents are none the wiser as they keep the money rolling. Also, many of the members are socially unfit people.

I think it is all too convenient that the president of IFC, Nate Anderson, is in Sig Ep and now they are filing a complaint now that they have gotten into trouble. Also now that both Jake Langebecker and Andy Peters, both in Sigma Chi, are teaming up with Sig Ep to do this. Both fraternities that have been in the lime light recently with the deans office, jboard and the badger herald. I see corruption, but not so much nepotism (hopefully) between the three of them and the two fraternities.

like this is a surprise to anyone.

Marshall Snow + Anne Hepler = Corruption

who cares?

When will Marshall Snow realize that he is not the ultimate power in the Greek System? I think everyone will breathe a sigh of relief when he is no longer Chief Justice and can no longer use his position to feed his ego and power trip.

Members of the greek community have known about these problems for a while; making the timing of these complaints all too convenient. The current method of appointing justices has been going on for years, and these appointments have never been questioned until now. The current situation can best be described as a case of sour grapes. The greek community was content with these justices as long as they remained of little consequence; but now, when they attempt to enforce the rules and punish Fraternities and Sororities for violations, the complaints start flooding in.

The only reason anyone is questioning the legitimacy of these justices is because of certain unpopular rulings. Had the complaints been made BEFORE these unpopular decisions, it would be entirely different story. One can’t play a game, lose, and THEN decide that the rules weren’t fair.

This is Madison, Wisconsin! You are supposed to party and have a good time! WHY SHOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT FOR THE GREEK SYSTEM! The Risk Manager of PanHel is obviously a cold-hearted person, who takes all her anger out on the fraternities that do not want to have parties with her sorority. Also, it is obvious that the Greek Advisor tries finding dirt on every fraternity rather than fulfilling her job description: being the person that greek members are supposed to go to for advice. She even encouraged certain sororities not to attend a fraternity’s philanthropy…A PHILANTHROPY! The Greek System is not corrupt in any way. IF SOMEONE FILES A NOISE COMPLAINT AT 9:00 pm ON A THURSDAY, I WANT TO SEE 20 NOISE COMPLAINTS FILED ON COLLEGE COURT, and Dayton Street, and Spring Street, Gorham Street, and every other street in Madison.

The problem is simply this: members of the unfavorable sororities take it upon themselves to make the lives of the fraternity’s who do not want to associate with them A LIVING HELL! Also, THE DEANS obviously do not think of members of the Greek system as having any sort of value or respect. Simply, they view Greek members as second class citizens.

J-Board seems to have very similar problems as the ATHLETIC BOARD. Our Chancelor would surely, in that case, support the accusations against J-board. GREEK SYSTEM, THINGS WILL NOT CHANGE UNLESS WE STAND UP TO THE INJUSTICE SERVED TO US BY THE UNIVERSITY.

Sounds to me like a power play from frats with leaders in IFC - frats that consistently break the rules and actually are held responsible for their actions by jboard… funny how this wasn’t an issue until sigep went in front of jboard and got sanctions for an unregistered social.

To SigEp: Grow up, take responsibility for your actions, and quick trying to make power plays or complain that “everyone’s picking on us”

@826: hahahahahaha meth and blow in sigep? might wanna check out KKG or Kappa Sig if youre tossing around accusations of hard drug use. We were lined up naked? haha youre obviously not a SigEp if youre using that story.

Any Greek that thinks J-board isn’t corrupt is from a small house that doesn’t do enough socials to matter or are snitches from the less, uh, looks endowed sororities that don’t get to hang out with the big frats.

When is Marshall Snow and the rest of the J-Board going to be held to the rules that they are put in place to enforce?

And if it is indeed a power play by SigEp, good for them. Someone needs to take a stand against the one kid who thinks he owns the Greek System and can bully people around. I would be pissed too if my fraternity was handed down such a ridiculous fine for such a trivial violation of the rules.

First off, as a former member of the J-Board, I can say that we followed procedure to the T when we interviewed and selected the Board members. We had all required personnel at every interview and decided the board as a team.

As to the anonymous person who claims that SigEp members lined them up on the street almost naked and threw excrement and urine on them … you obviously were NOT a member of SigEp nor a pledge, as you likely just read the articles about what SigEp got in trouble for. The urine and excrement are thrown on ACTIVE MEMBERS BY THE PLEDGE CLASS, and not the other way around, so get your facts straight.

Also, in the same paragraph, he states that SigEp members are on Coke and Meth and they have rich parents. I can say for a fact that most of the SigEp members do not have rich parents with tons of money. And the Coke and Meth arguments are just ridiculous.

I do not condone the hazing or by-law violations of SigEp and frankly feel that they are getting their just desserts, and I feel that the J-Board should have followed the rules with regard to selecting members (and it seems pretty fishy that they didn’t), but for all of the comments on here that negatively bash the Greek System and SigEp, just be quiet.

for the record…marshall tried to hit sigep with a semester probation and $1,500 fine because he has ill will towards some of the members…I say good work for standing up to that shit. Marshall gives the Lodge a bad name

There are so manying things wrong with this terrible statement:

It states that hazing continues to be the number one problem, yet references last year. Next the pronoun “we” is used, highly doubt one of those three who got the bucket wrote this. Also, the main drugs that were hooked on are crack and pcp And our parents dont keep the money rollin in for the shit, we earn that money in an alley on the street. And I dont think Im socially unfit, there are about 100 homeless drunkards in Madison, they count as society too.

Just my opinion though.

I have rich parents, love coke and meth and getting shit tossed on me. I’m also not a member of the Greek system, though now I am interested.

Even the Lodge’s president admittedly doesn’t like Marshall Snow. The man’s a rogue. And we all know how much Erin Keating from Tri-Delt has loved snitching on the big houses trying to get them in trouble.

there was a 3 person selection committee to elect new justices at the beginning of Spring 2009. The 3 members were Anderson the IFC Pres, Anne Hepler the PHA pres, and Marshall Snow. As an earlier commenter pointed out, Anne and Marshall have been dating for some time, this is a clear example of corruption, 2 people out of a 3 person committee could dominate the discussion and outcome of the process.

this isnt about Sigep avoiding trouble, they will still face punishment regardless of the outcome. This is about fixing a corrupt judicial body.

All the big fraternities need to stop the injustice from the University and from the elected board members of the small fraternities. AePi, SigEp, Sigma Chi, PKE, TKE, Kappa Sig, and DU should really be governed by something else other than J-board. It only makes sense that the larger fraternities of the greek system should govern themselves. Also, how can it hurt the smaller fraternities if this is the case?

The whole greek system will see its end come very soon unless something is done. Our Dean of Students hates us, our entire campus hates us, and THEY will impose injustices upon us until we UNITE and STOP BACKING DOWN. As has been the case for the past 3 years at this University, if you give up an inch, they will take a mile. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE AND THEY HAVE COMPLETELY DESTROYED US???

8:26- you are a fucking moron.

Did anyone see Steve Lawrence lay the smackdwon on Sigep at the actual meeting. The look on Jake Strauss’s face was just ridiculous.

Also, Marshall Snow IS the Lodge President now.

The IFC is just picking on a fraternity that has several gay men, who live in the TKE house that also has a lot of gay men. UW homophobia at its worst!