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> there are always going to be cliques in a fraternity because we naturally just hang out with people we're attracted to. Not everyone in the fraternity has the same head on their shoulders and this is not a bad thing.
Exactly. Having different cliques or even "factions" isn't at all bad, provided those groups have a mutual respect. You get a wider variety of ideas, and the people in your group will connect with a wider variety of rushees. Of course, that's provided that your meetings aren't turning into bloodbaths.
To the OP: One thing to keep in mind is that as a senior, you've already gotten most of what you'll get out of the fraternity experience. To put it another way -- whatever decisions your group makes today will affect you and your fellow seniors for the next few months, but this last pledge class (presumably sophomores now) will have to live with those decisions for the next three years. In some ways they've got more at stake than you do. That doesn't mean you and your fellow seniors should just hand over the reins of power to them, but you might wanna find out what *they* want and expect out of the fraternity, and if you find their goals and desires to be basically worthwhile -- even if they don't exactly agree with your own -- help them to make those things happen.
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