9A - Testing the Hypothesis, Part II

Summary of Interviews:

For my interviews I decided to target those who are in fraternities in other schools or those who were in fraternities while they attended college.

My first two interviews involved my friends Patrick and Mark who go to Texas Christian University. They’re both in fraternities there and my first question involved whether or not they were aware of the situations in Florida involving Florida State and their recent tragedy. Both of them were aware and I proceeded to ask them how they thought this was currently affecting and would affect Greek life at their school. Both of them said that it currently had almost zero effect on the state of their community and as long as their community continues to practice safe rules they probably won’t experience many if any changes at all.

My next two interviews were with my brother and father. My brother was in a fraternity here at UF and my father was in one in Ohio where he went to college. After asking what they both thought about the recent incidents they both said that while they are very tragic situations and should definitely be taken into consideration when thinking about the future of Greek life on college campus, it obviously has very little effect on their day to day life or anything involving what involvement they still have with their fraternities.

My friend Vincent who goes to Arizona State University was talking to me about the recent events that have occurred so I decided to interview him as well. He told me that these events are pretty serious and he could see some sort of reforms to Greek life coming in the future but more than likely in the further future (after we’re all out of school). He said that as of now there is nothing effecting him and him and his community continue to live life as they’ve been.

Who?: There are a large amount of schools that are currently not affected by the recent situations that have occurred at Florida State. This is because the incident occurred in a location to where it did not necessarily hit home to the community or the administration at those schools. They were not immediately threatened by the situation.

What?: When students graduate from school or are outside of a certain distance from the incident occurring it tends to go to the back of one’s mind. It’s not as close to home and you don’t really have the presence of mind that those near the actual incident do.

Why?: Because the administrations are not pressed at much by mass media and donors of said schools so they aren’t as pressured to change their rules.

Inside the Boundary	Outside the Boundary
Those who are in schools in Florida that are being affected by recent reforms to Greek life due to health and safety concerns.	Those who are in Universities that are not affected or will not be affected or those who are already out of college but still have slight involvement to their fraternities.
The need is for schools who are concerned for the health of their students but really are not sure how to go about it.	Administration at schools that have very effective rules in place to control their specific communities and make sure that students inside and out of Greek life are safe.
This exists because there aren’t effective rules or laws in place to make sure that students are convinced to remain safe.	This is because certain universities around the country are able to effectively place rules for their students and community as a whole.