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Originally posted by ZZ-kai-
Just want to clarify something - this is not a Beta / Phi Mu thing. This is a general Fraternity/Sorority discussion. That being said, what IF the national by-laws require a dry pledge-period? Wouldn't that be hazing too? I mean, thats no different than a chapter imposing those rules on themselves, is it?
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I consider it to be very, very different. Chapters should not be making those sorts of rules and limitations for themselves- in the NPC world at least, organizations are pushing for uniform new member periods where one chapter does not differ greatly from another.
Although I still maintain that negatively differentiating between pledges and initiated members IS included in the generally accepted definition of hazing by national organizations, I do trust any national organization to create their bylaws and pledge programs in a way that covers liability. No chapter is ever accused of hazing for following their national policies... it's when groups of people get their own ideas about what should be happening that we start to have problems.