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Originally Posted by SnuKnight172
I have a problem with eliminating new member periods. Why would anyone want to make a life long commitment to an organization they know very little about or know very little about their members. Pledge, Candidate, New Member, Associate, etc... programs are there so that the newer members can learn about the organization and learn about and of its members.
This sounds like a "BID A BRO" situation to me. How after a few event can a Fraternity tell whether they want to initiate and teach a man the secrets of their organization? Can you guys imagine how many people have quit your organization after a few weeks because of various reasons (financial, educational, family, personal, etc..)?
HAZING is wrong but having a structure for educating new members is fine by me. You can have two diferent classifications for members as long as each respects the other.
There has to be more to Sig Eps "Balanced Man" program than they are letting out. There is no way that a Fraternity with the history and respect that Sig Ep has would just blindly initiate people without knowing them for at least a short period of time.
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You're right. There is a good bit more to the Balanced Man program. The concept of not being a pledge with a BM chapter, is that they are a brother from day one so there is no reason to haze them. They typically take new members through the first rite of passage, Sigma, very soon after Bid Day. But, it's a while before they go through Phi... as they have to complete a Sigma Challenge and other things before they go through the Phi rite of passage.
Obviously, I'm not an expert (my older brother and my husband are SigEp's though). But, there is more to it than "oh, here's a bid to SigEp, let's go through initation next week". Just my 2cents.