[Blueknowledge]

My sister Stillwater,

First, let's be clear: hazing is a crime. We are supposed to be the intellectual, moral and civic avant-garde. We are supposed to utilize the past as knowledge ascertained from those before us. We are not supposed to follow "tradition" as an end, in and of itself. Please tell me that you have scientific, or heck - quasi-scientific, evidence that pleging so-called "hard" makes you a better member. No, we pledge hard because we want "respect" and "dap" or whatever the hell it is our value system has placed so much importance on.

It's time to seek a new existence. This is a post-modern world, and we need not be afraid of deconstructing our world and defining a new paradigm. I can assure you, that as long as the conditions of poverty exist, there will always be Sigma, whose cause will speed on.

It is time that we transform Sigma into a purely civic and professional leadership organization. Let us be leaders in a new world, instead of followers of a social construct that will lead to our extinction.

Blueknowledge