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Aphigal, I have to disagree. I did earn my letters... I was never hazed, by either my local or my national sorority, but I did have to pass a new member test, as we all did, and I did have to learn about the history of my sorority, as we all did (and I'm not just talking about AEPhi here ~ I'm talking about every GLO).
I was a chapter founder, so in my new member class, we were all new members... but for subsequent new member classes, a sister always had to take the test with all the NMs, so the NMs weren't being made to do something no sister was doing.
I don't believe you can really be a sister and have a meaningful initiation, without knowing the basic history of your sorority, who your founding sisters were, what your colors stand for, etc. (anything you can and should know before initiation). For that reason ~ though I believe blatant hazing (carrying pledge books, performing demeaning tasks etc) must be done away with, I believe new member education and tests should remain as part of the new member experience.
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