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honestly, this was hotly debated at the leadership conference. the concensus (sp?) was that this was a bad idea. the reasons pointed out were that one, in the deep south, brotherhood is related to a klan, and therefore would make us look worse than being a fraternity. Also, some points were brought up about merchandising, and what that would do to that. I believe that changing the name is putting a band aid on a broken leg. this is meant to change the opinion of "outsiders" and they will see us a a fraternity no matter what. and even if it corrects the problem for a while, then others start doing the same, then its no longer fraternity that sounds bad, but brotherhood, then what do we change the name to next? this solves nothing. to "outsiders", LXA is the same as SAE. the way to change that is through good philanthropy and pr, not a name change. personally, i dont care what non greeks think about fraternities, i really could care less.
p.s. sorry about the rant, but this one really gets to me
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