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With all due respect, one of the chapters in my division does not haze in any way.
Last year, they celebrated the 5th Anniversary of their charter with their third Hugh Shields Award for Chapter Excellence (the highest honor a Delt Chapter can receive, given to the top ten chapters in the fraternity.) They have won three Greek Cups, Four Homecoming Grand Prizes, best Greek Organization from the University twice, highest men's GPA twice and just had the best rush in their history (22 pledges to a chapter of 35-40 men.
I would not characterize this chapter as backbiting, etc.
Brotherhood is a relative thing, and hard to quantify, but I have not seen very many instances in which I thought it stronger.
And, boy, do they get things done.
While I won't disagree that, in some cases, hazing can work I will never agree that it is necessary or that it makes a chapter stronger. I've been around too long and seen both sides of that story.
In terms of individual "punishment" instead of painting the entire chapter with the same brush, I think there are certainly times that would be appropriate. I agree that sometimes a chapter suffers because of the actions of that proverbial "few bad apples," but I also think that often the other "apples" can see those problems, and can and should do something to stop them.
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Fraternally,
DeltAlum
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The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
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