Parties continue at UNC Greek houses despite rules, warnings

Members of the UNC and Chapel Hill communities are frustrated at the continuation of large gatherings at the university's affiliated Greek life houses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted 9/14/2020, 9:01:03 PM

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>>> OFFICIALS HAVE TRIED

EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, BUT

STILL FRATERNITY PARTIES ARE

CONTINUING AT UNC CHAPEL HILL.

>> Reporter: PEOPLE THAT SAW

WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE ON

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SAY THAT IT

WAS IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE

LOCAL ORDER THAT SAYS THAT A

MAXIMUM OF 25 PEOPLE CAN GATHER

OUTSIDE.

AT THIS POINT, PEOPLE

THAT LIVE HERE IN CHAPEL HILL AS

WELL AS FELLOW STUDENTS ARE

WONDERING WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR

THESE GREEK ORGANIZATIONS TO GET

THE MESSAGE.

POLICE SAY THEY

GOT A HANDFUL OF CALLS FROM

PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE LARGE

GATHERINGS.

BY THE TIME THE

OFFICERS ARRIVED, NO VIOLATIONS

WERE VISIBLE.

ONLINE, SOME

SHARE THE IMAGES OF THOSE

HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE

FRATERNITIES AND SOME WEARING

THE MASKS, MOST ARE NOT.

IT'S

UPSETTING FOR FELLOW UNC

STUDENTS TO SEE.

UNLIKE

STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, UNC SAY THAT

IS FRATERNITY HOUSES ARE OFF

CAMPUS AND PRIVATE, AND THE

UNIVERSITY IS NOT REQUIRING

MEMBERS TO MOVE OUT.

STUDENT

THAT IS I SPOKE TO SAID THAT

WHAT WE SEE DOES NOT RESPECT HOW

THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ARE

ACTING.

REMEMBER THERE WAS A

LETTER SENT OUT SAYING THAT

LARGE GATHERINGS ARE

INVESTIGATED.

UNC SAY THAT IS

THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THOSE

MEMBERS NOT REPORTING POSITIVE

COVID-19 TEST RESULTS.

UNC SAY

THAT IS THE FRATERNITIES ARE

GOING TO LOSE THE RECOGNITION

AND THEN THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

COULD FACE THE DISCIPLINARY.

IT'S UNCLEAR IF THAT'S HAPPENED

IN ANY CASE.

>> WE'RE LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL.

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