DST Back at NSU

GREETING LOVELY LADIES OF EPSILON THETA CHATPER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED. I KNOW THIS MAY BE TO SOON TO ASK BUT ARE YOU COMING OUT WITH ANOTHER LINE NEXT FALL OR SPRING? WELL THANK YOU AND WALK WITH YOUR HEAD HIGH AND CHIN UP AND DON'T EVER LET ANY OTHER SORORITY PUT YOU DOWN. LET THEM KNOW WHO'S BACK ON YARD AND RUNNING THINGS.

CONGRATS FOR THEM COMING BACK.

YEAH CONGRATS TO THEM.... LETS JUST HOPE NO ONE GETS BEATEN BRUTALLY AND PUT IN CRITICAL CONDITION AGAIN THIS YEAR!!! :roll: THEN THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 10 YEARS TO GET BACK OUT ON THE YARD.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL STORY COVERAGE: Epsilon Theta Chapter May 7, 1999 Judge Lets Stand Norfolk State Expulsions over Hazing Norfolk - A judge Monday unheld Norfolk State University's expulsion last week of nine students for a sorority hazing incident that left another student hospitalized in an intensive care unit. The decision by Circuit Court Judge William F. Rutherford lifted a temporary injuction Friday by another judge that had blocked the expulsions. Lawyers for the students contended that Norfolk State did not follow its disciplinary guidelines. "We're not suggesting that all of these young ladies are innocent," said Del. William P. Robinson Jr., D-Norfolk, who represents five of the students. "All we're suggesting is that maybe the university has to conduct the proceedings in accordance to the rules that they established." For instance, he said, the students were not allowed to see all the evidence that the university had gathered in their case. But Norfolk State's president, Marie V. McDemmond [A SOROR], Said Monday that Rutherford's "decision was fair. He saw that we had given due process to these young women. It was a very painful decision for the university and all the women involved." McDemmond said the students were members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and were involved in "several incidents of hazing," which she would not describe, beginning in January. One led to the hospitalization of a student in the intensive care unit in February. Robinson said the lawyers for the students will seek another court hearing later this week. But unless Rutherford's **** is overturned, they will not be allowed to take finals and those who are seniors will not be permitted to graduate. As of late Monday, Robinson said he was not sure whether Norfolk State would stick to its decision to evict them by the end of the day. Another attorney representing one of the students, Robert C. Neeley, said: "We're just trying to get the girls due process. At critical junctures the university changed the rules of the game. They didn't follow their own procedures." But Jonathan Amacker, a spokesman for the state Attorney General's Office, which represents the university, said: "Norfolk State acted appropriately in expelling these students. The law is clear that hazing can be grounds for expulsion. Hazing must not be tolerated, especially hazing which causes bodily harm to other students." On Friday, a day after McDemmond ordered the expulsions, Circuit Corut Judge Junius P. Fulton III heeded the pleas of the students' lawyers and issued a temporary order blocking the suspensions. But the Attorney General's Office sought to overturn that ****. Rutherford heard the attorney general's case Monday and sided with the university. The case puts Robinson in an unusually antagonistic position toward Norfolk State. His legislative district includes Norfolk State and he has been a strong supporter of the university in the legislature. "I'm wearing my other hat," he said. "But in a sense I'm supporting the university if they are proceeding against the students improperly. They need to understand that and take corrective action." Said McDemmond: "He's still a great friend of the university's."