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Originally posted by DoggyStyle82:
Sorry about the long post. To answer your question, nothing can be done. New members are in the proverbial Catch 22. Intake programs are designed to meet the specifications of lawyers, banks and insurance companies. Intake has nothing to do with creating and fostering the fraternal spirit, training new members, nor indoctrinating them into the philosophy and purpose of the org. MIP is designed to gain membership in compliance with non-members guidelines. There used to be a distinct difference among the 4 sororities. Now they are indistinguishable. Now interests do research on the net, read In Search of Sisterhood, go to everyones rush, knows everyones call, party strolls, then decide on a sorority, 2 weeks later write a check and a weekend of MIP, voila!, you have an instant AKADSTZPBSGR. You might as well flip a coin. It is the pledge process (the indoctrination period) that differentiates the org. Without that, you basically have the same org, different colors.
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I was just passing through and thought I would comment. What differences are you referring to? I am very curious to know what you are talking about.
As for pledging, it will never end. But in my opinion, people do crazier and more dangerous things now then they did then, because certain old heads can't let go of the process and keep making the younger greeks feel like they need to be "made right"
in order to get half the respect.
The powers that be have pushed membership intake on us and refuse to listen when we say that it's not working. They point to chapters that seem to have sucessful intake processes and say, see that's a good example of the validity of MIP...but in all actuality these same chapters are pledging underground.
I am not saying that I am for or against anything. But what I am saying is that a real solution must be met in order to correct the problem because the band-aid called MIP is not working.
I am proud to say I earned my letters, and can't a soul take that away from me!
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