MCCOYRED:
We are of the same era and I see that we pretty much think alike on this subject. Our National bodies are in a Catch -22. Omega was the last org to adopt Intake and we almost did not do it (it was implemented without knowledge/consent of the general membership, but that is another story). The simple fact is, that if you are not in compliance with current state law, your org cannot be legally insured, you violate your tax-exempt status and can be stripped of it, no risk management underwriter will touch you, and most college campuses will revoke your status as a legal, campus recognized organization. Yes, the NPHC should lobby for the return to our non-hazing pledge traditions. But as long as we are in an anti-Greek climate and lawyers see dollar signs, the laws will not change. Did you know that there is a white lawyer based in MD whose practice is solely based on suing Black fraternities and sororities for hazing?
I wish we could go back because interests do have different expectations now and that leads to most of the so-called hazing incidents. we old-schoolers arer to blame when we glorify the past but then again, we know how it is supposed to be.
LASTPOET: glad that we agree on something. Your mom sounds like my kind of woman.
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