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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
The pledges don't live in the house ... why should they be the ones cleaning it? Cleaning duties should either be divided evenly among all brothers, or all those who live in the house.
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Because we have summer rush here at Nebraska, most of our pledges (20 of 25) actually do live in the house. Therefore they are making the mess as well. Further for the ones who live out it makes sure that they come over to the house nearly everyday (something we obsess about because 80% of the pledges do live in and thusly are around...we don't want to have those guys be left out).
I have to disagree with the fact that simply having pledges do stuff not asked of the brothers is hazing. If that was the case, then having weekly lore tests, song tests, and learning about the Men of Principle Initiative would be hazing. You might say that well brothers before them did this same thing, but the duty aspect of being a pledge is something that has been done by every pledge class in the house. What is being asked of our pledges is not creating an environment of "mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule." (taken from StopHazing.org).
I do realize that the definition of hazing varies from GLO to GLO, but I did check Lambda Chi's website to see there definition and it was nearly identicle to that of Beta's, b/c that was the first thing that I thought of...maybe it is different for members of other organizations.
I do understand the concern some of you have about the brothers purposefully making messes. This has happened but it is very rare...I've only seen it happen 3 times in the three semesters that I've been here. I know that by having duties to do, I began to take greater pride in the house b/c it was always clean, and people noticed. Plus the doing it daily meant that the house always stayed relatively clean so it was never too tough of a job. That pride is definetly somethign that has permeated everyone and that respect keeps the actions of members at higher standards...