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Brianaggie, youre totally right that you and the rest of sac should be treated as brothers and with respect. However, I think that most of the membership has a justafiable belief that sac is being uprepresentative of the membership on this issue. I say that because at regionals, sac members were for this, and out of all the members attending, only 3 or 4 supported this with sac. So when the membership sees this, in their mind that is being unrepresentative of the general membership. Now, I agree that we have the best brotherhood out of all fraternities, however, we are a fraternity with a great brotherhood. now, I was told that the consitution would be changed from fraternity to brotherhood, therefore not being simply symbolic, but an actual name change. If you want something symbolic, why wouldnt you pass a statement putting an emphisis on our brotherhood but still keep the name fraternity? Now, I can guarantee you hardly any chapters will go by brotherhood, they will keep using a fraternity as the name, and for a good reason, rush. High school guys want to join a fraternity, not a brotherhood. if a guy comes up and asks if were a fraternity, are we supposed to say no, were a brotherhood? to the average rushee, theyre going to think were not a fraternity, members at the local chapter level will still use fraternity no matter what is proposed, so will everyone else. Now, my question hasnt been, and probably cant be answered. You even said that the name change was for us, not outsiders. we know what were about, and since we know that, i dont think we need to change our name. In my opinion, deep down this is either for the approval of outsiders, or to hide some guilt for some. as a member, i know who we are and what we stand for, a name change wont do anything but cause problems. but we'll see how it does at general assembly.
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