Initiation
 

Tomorrow is our newest pledge class's initiation!! So we will have 28 new sisters!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

[This message has been edited by angelic81 (edited March 16, 2001).]

FABULOUS!!!!

PPL, Carnation

That's awesome!!!! Congrats! Our spring pledges will be initiated on April 7th. Do you initiate your pledges before sunrise too?? I was just wondering if that was a National thing or what.

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Hillary
Pi Phi love and mine

Before sunrise? Oh my gosh! It must be your chapter! None of the ones I worked with ever did that--good thing because I would've never made it!

Wow... you must have to wake up really early to initiate everyone by sunrise, but that sounds really neat.

I did pre-sunrise initiation too. I am not a morning person AT ALL so I didn't remember any of the stuff you're supposed to know after going through initiation. I had to ask someone later. I was so embarassed.

Hmmm... My Pi Phi initiation was at a more civilized (daylight) hour, but the local I belonged to before we affiliated with Pi Beta Phi initiated at dawn. That was almost 17 years ago, and I'm yawning just thinking about it...

Our initiation for the past spring was really neat... we had to be at our 'initiation locale' at around 5... so we were all initiated before dawn... it was tiring, but really special.

I don't know if this a national rule or not, but our chapter used to do "pre-dawn" initiation but we aren't allowed to do it anymore because it is considered hazing. This is not to scold anyone, I just thought I'd let you all know just incase. Maybe someone else knows if this is our national rule, a panhellenic rule, or maybe it's just unique to my school.

I don't think it's a national rule. My chapter has a zero tolerance policy for hazing and I've seen girls get in trouble for some things that I thought were just plain silly. But we have a relatively new house and if we get caught doing anything resembling hazing we risk losing it. I don't think the pre-dawn thing would continue if nationals had called it hazing.

We start initiation in the pre-dawn hours. (It has been many years, I assume MS Alpha still does).

PiPhiGirl is absolutely right - Pre-dawn Initiations ARE considered hazing and Pi Phi prohibits chapters from conducting them. It is definitely a situation to consult your AAC members and Province President about to make sure your chapter is within the guidelines.

I GET INITIATED TOMORROW MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 64 OF US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

:) Becca, we are so glad to fully welcome you into our bonds!:)

This is I-Week for our Spring Pledges, and initiation takes place Thurs-Sat. I have really enjoyed being the pledge educator, and I'm so excited to have 17 wonderful new sisters! Congrats to jharb and the rest of the IN Gammas! :)