Sunday, May 11, 2008

Theta Chi: Not Just My Fraternity, Drug Ring Specialists

A little over a year ago, I became a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity at Syracuse. A little over a week ago, news broke out that the Theta Chi chapter in San Diego State University was involved in a serious drug ring. 75 students got busted in a months long undercover operation by police known as Operation Sudden Fall.

Oh Theta Chi, how proud I am of my national fraternity. Actually, that's not true... nor is it false, really. See, I don't care so much about my fraternity in the national sense. I'm no exactly all about it in a national sense. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud to be a member - of MY house.

Our motto is supposed to be 'lend a helping hand.' I didn't join the house to do community service. And as awful as that might sound, that doesn't mean that I'm against helping causes. But seriously, I didn't go through pledging so that one day, hopefully, I can become a Big Brother to someone who needs one, or fund raise for a local diabetes organization.

I joined the house because they seemed like cool guys. I love living in the house and doing shit with the guys, and we're proud of the house on our campus - in the sense that it represents us. Not the whole national hullabaloo.

Nationall, all our house are supposed to be alcohol-freeThe house is also supposed to be alcohol-free, according to Theta Chi Nationally. How much would that suck? Seriously.

I don't read the news about the SDSU chapter and think "Oh no, our national reputation is soiled! I'm so embarrassed for my fraternity as a national organization." Fuck that. I think it's funny.

It's funny that they got caught. 96 people were arrested; 75 of them SDSU students. A total of six fraternities were suspended, yet Theta Chi seems to be the only name thrown around. Police seized "two kilos of cocaine, 350 ecstasy pills, a lot of marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, hash oil, methamphetamine, illicit prescription drugs, several guns and at least $60,000 in cash."

Those dumb idiots sent out a mass text message to hundreds of past clients telling them that they were in Vegas or the weekend, they'd be back to sell them coke and listed the prices. They got caught; that's funny stuff.

Come to think of it, we could use a little money ourselves... maybe a smaller drug ring wouldn't be such a bad idea?

Oh Theta Chi, good job boys.

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