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Originally posted by hoosier
Put me down in the non-PC bunch.
While I would personally kill any chapter which paddles, and arrest the paddlers, I think pledgeship should be demanding.
I also think personal servitude is a no-no (like MTV sorority pledges having to stay up late to be the members' designated driver, or cleaning members' rooms, running errands, memorizing useless details about a member, etc.)
I think pledges should learn the fratenity/chapter history, know the members names, majors, and hometowns, and should clean the "public" areas of the house.
I think there should be pledge projects for the chapter (plan and organize - but not finance - a dance/party) and for the community (service project).
MTV's fraternity pledges show how all these new guys have to learn brothrhood - sharing, tolerating, working together - in order to have a decent brotherhood. It's going to be fun to see where the MTV pledges go.
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I agree with hoosier,
My sentiments are if it's all in good fun, there is no threat of violence or forced drinking, the pledge program should be the way they project it.
I'd go even a little farther, because scavenger hunts and campus adventures would be under personal servitude, and say that they are alright even the right circumstances.
You also have to consider that it's possible that MTV has either encouraged or suggested they perform these activities on camera, so don't let that one slip by you while the ratings for "i want to see what they do to them next" begin to rise.