Quote:
Originally posted by AGDee
The purpose of activities is to integrate new members into the chapter for Chapter unity rather than new member class unity. Why would you want them to have a clique of their own instead of being part of the whole chapter?
|
New member class unity does not a "clique" make. The point of getting the pledge class to work together is that it's easier to work with a smaller group at first than jump in with both feet to a chapter full of people you don't know. If I would have been presented with a chapter of 100 women and told I had to be "unified" with them from the get-go, it would have been overwhelming.
If pledge classes are all the same age they're likely to be a clique anyway...especially once they hit 21 and can go to the bar. I think that is due to AGE, not because of anything in the pledge program. If you have a pledge class full of music majors, they're going to all hang out together because they go to class together all the time. This whole "clique" argument is really old and tired and blames everything on a 6 week program without taking other factors into account. It's ridiculous to think that everyone can be best friends w/ everyone.