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Originally posted by TEKEISSTRONG
I BECAME PLEDGEMASTER (HEGEMON) AND IMMEDIATELY INSTITUTED MORE MILITARY TECHNIQUES IN THE PLEDGE PROGRAM. OUR PLEDGES GET VERY LITTLE SLEEP, ( 4 HOURS/NIGHT), MUST GREET EVERY FRATER THEY SEE, CARRY A BRICK WITH TKE PAINTED ON IT, MUST GET EVERY FRATER'S SIGNATURE 3 TIMES A WEEK, HAVE EARLY MORNING BONDING RUNS, AND ENDURE ZEBRA WEEK. ZEBRA IS ONE WEEK WHERE THE PLEDGES EAT ONE MRE A DAY, WHILE GETTING NO SLEEP. IT IS HARD. WE LOSE ABOUT 80% OF OUR RUSH EVERY SEMESTER, BUT WE EASILY GET THE HIGH NUMBERS TO RUSH US.
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What do new members learn from getting very little sleep, carrying a brick around, and eating only one meal a day?
If you want them to bond in a constructive way, send them to a survival camp or a team building program.
And during all of this "boot camp", when do your new members learn what TKE is really all about? Your founding principle is "to aid college men in mental, moral, and social development.", as stated on your website? Also stated in your principles: "We believe that the essential elements of true brotherhood are love, charity, and esteem; love, that binds our hearts with the sturdy chords of fraternal affection; charity, that is impulsive to see virtues in a brother and slow to reprove his faults; esteem, that is respectful to the honest convictions of others and that refrains from treading upon that which is sacred to spirit and conscience;" When is this emphasized and learned? During the early morning bonding runs??
I apologize if this sounds harsh, but I truly believe you do TKE a disservice by airing your hazing in public, and saying it is what makes your chapter. And those of us who weren't hazed...we earned our letters and respect our tradition through love of sisterhood/brotherhood and living up to our ideals and ritual.