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While we are not specifically disallowed to make paddles for our houses or individual members, we are not allowed to CARRY the paddles around with us as they could be classified as weapons with the "intent to haze." So, in that case, I can see where legislators get off in preventing people from carrying around paddles all day and on campus -- in a way, it encourages members to paddle each other with a paddle that's always there. Since most people argue that it's only for show and/or signing proof of interviewing, it's missing the point that it's still a potential use of hazing ON CAMPUS.
That said, I won't support a measure that prevents our chapter from making paddles at all -- it's simply another design for a plaque that we hang up on the walls of our house.
-MK
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