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Student House Padlocked

by Published: Mar 24, 2010

The Big Rapids City Commission voted to pad­lock a house located on 120 Locust St., occu­pied by Delta Chi mem­bers, due to numer­ous noise violations.

Responding to party com­plaints on Sept. 8 and 19 and a dis­turb­ing the peace com­plaint on Nov. 22, the Big Rapids Department of Public Safety sug­gested the fra­ter­nity house be pad­locked begin­ning May 9.

The city of Big Rapids has a nui­sance pad­lock ordi­nance allow­ing the city com­mis­sion to pad­lock homes receiv­ing three or more nui­sance com­plaints in nine months.

City com­mis­sion mem­bers advised that there be no fra­ter­nity or soror­ity events until May 9. The city also requested there be no more than four peo­ple occu­py­ing the home, along with the house being sub­ject to inspec­tion. Prior to pad­lock­ing the house at 120 Locust St., the com­mis­sion has enforced this reg­u­la­tion at only one other location.

Among those occu­py­ing the house was Ferris State University stu­dent and Delta Chi mem­ber Brandon Archambault. Archambault, who met with city com­mis­sion­ers to dis­cuss the inci­dent, has spo­ken openly regard­ing his remorse toward the situation.

Archambault said recently the Big Rapids Pioneer ran an arti­cle which included a state­ment from his Facebook stat­ing he wasn’t wor­ried about the pad­lock­ing enforce­ment. Though Archambault has since per­son­ally apol­o­gized for the com­mu­nity dis­tur­bances, he says quotes taken from his Facebook page were taken out of con­text by the Pioneer.

“When the Pioneer quoted my Facebook page they took bits and pieces of my com­ment, which changed the mes­sage I wanted to por­tray. I am a very pos­i­tive per­son and I was just try­ing to put a pos­i­tive aspect on a bad sit­u­a­tion,” said Archambault. “I want to apol­o­gize to the com­mu­nity for my actions regard­ing the nuisance.”

Craig Chapman, the owner of the house, was unavail­able for com­ment. The Big Rapids City Commission has ordered the pad­lock to remain on the prop­erty through Dec. 9. n

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  • Knickcole Hall

    As it has been said in the Public Relations pro­gram at Ferris, what you post on your Facebook page can and will be used against you. If you don’t want it mis­con­strued or think it may be taken out of con­text, DONT post it! If you wouldn’t tell your par­ents or any­one in your fam­ily about it face to face then it’s prob­a­bly not a good idea to post it either. Watch what you say and how it’s said. What you say is just as impor­tant as how you say it.

    Simply put, employ­ers are always look­ing at Facebook pages, in fact they
    look at all social medi­ums used today by stu­dents and poten­tial
    employ­ees alike. It’s impor­tant that you real­ize you can’t sep­a­rate your
    per­sonal image from your brand. You are the brand and you con­trol your
    own des­tiny. Don’t believe me read it for your­self. 37% of employ­ers use Facebook to pre screen appli­cants.  http://​www​.huff​in​g​ton​post​.com/​2​0​1​2​/​0​4​/​2​0​/​e​m​p​l​o​y​e​r​s​-​u​s​e​-​f​a​c​e​b​o​o​k​-​t​o​-​p​r​e​-​s​c​r​e​e​n​-​a​p​p​l​i​c​a​n​t​s​_​n​_​1​4​4​1​2​8​9​.​h​tml

    I real­ize the house is being pad­locked but noise issues are con­sid­ered huge in a com­mu­nity like BR. Some stu­dents don’t see how great it is to be part of a com­mu­nity where you have sup­port from every­one in the com­mu­nity. It’s a bless­ing, you may not see it right now, but years from now, you will look back and wish you were there.

    Sorry to hear the Delta Chi house is clos­ing due to noise com­plaints. Let this be a les­son in real­iz­ing that it’s great to have the oppor­tu­nity to have fun in col­lege, but the image you cre­ate for the fra­ter­nity and uni­ver­sity will suf­fer as a direct result of the deci­sions you make as a stu­dent. I hope the les­son is learned and that in the future stu­dents will accept their place as mem­bers of the greater Big Rapids com­mu­nity. Where the police care about your safety and your edu­ca­tion. Safety first, fun next.

    Knickcole Hall
    Ferris Alum
    PR Class of 2005
    MBA Graduate 2006

    • Knickcole Hall

      That last sen­tence should say, Safety first, edu­ca­tion sec­ond, fun next.