[MafiaCSUS]

My chapter, California Theta has risen from the dust since we have changed to BMP. We we 'forced' to go BMP because of our lack of direction. But let me remind people, the BMP does not make you lose 'tradition' it simply takes away useless ones. I know my chapter has been part of both phases... and we still have brothers that are active from the traditional chapter. We lost a lot of 'traditions' but instead we have recreated them to have meaning. I know some chapters around here that started BMP are having some troubles finding some kind of 'tradtion' they could have... but that is such a bad perception.

Without getting into too much more deatil about so called 'tradition' let me tell you about my chapter. We are BMP. When we started BMP we had 12 men, a 2.1 GPA prior to switching. Now we have close to a 3.0 GPA (0.50 higher than any other fraternity). We have won IM's 2 of the last 3 years. Current IM champs, football, basketball (3 on 3 and 5 on 5), Deans Trophy 5 of the last 6 years, Greek Man of the Year a lot of times, Greek Scholar, President of the Year, current president of IFC and Order of Omega, won numerous philanthropies and we have had mixers with the top 3 sororities on campus this semester alone. To top it off, we have 58 men and we are assuming we will top 70 within a year. Now even though BMP may seem it has its 'downsides', the problem is not tradtion, it's implementation... how does your chapter implement the system.

Anyway, as a man from a chapter that has come from the roots of a traditional chapter, the BMP is an obvious advantage over traditional... not to mention, the ritual is ultimately EXACTLY the same... so nothing changes.