First, thank ALL of you for your responses. I thought it appropriate at this point to add clarrification, answer a few of your questions, and add further detail so you have a clearer picture of the circumstances we are dealing with. SoCalgirl, we are a national glo under NIC, and as far as I am aware we have no national pledge program in place. LXAAlum, like 33girl stated regarding doing away with everything... our actives have seen the result of a national program put into place at a house next door. The result has been almost a complete dissallusionment of its members...they are no longer closely knit and are declining rapidly. We have really just formed our alumni association, so we are still struggling, along with the actives, as to what the alumni role should be(besides providing them money). Shadocat, unfortunately we started this effort just as this new pledge class was starting. Now they are almost 2/3 through the 6 week program. You raise the issue of them "getting off easier" than those before them. This is a good reason why I am asking all of you to give me your thoughts on substitutes that work(like PLEASE!), as I believe if we can provide constructive alternatives we can reduce that mentality. DeltaAlum and all, recognize the frustration of discussing what is and isn't hazing. Opinions vary dramatically in our chapter alumni alone. Your are right DeltaAlum, you are right about our fraternal oath, and it is the reason I am working with the actives to make the changes necessary to support what our Fraternity stands for..not by words alone but by our actions.
Again, thank ALL of you and PLEASE provide suggestions for suitable substitutes(like 33girl) and any further insight. Appreciate you taking the time to make a differance!!!
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