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Great article. I think it's great that we have been on the cutting edge of fraternities.
At Umass, we were the only fraternity that didn't call it's prospective member pledges. I see the points made for the AM name and agree with them, but in certain environments like Umass, I just wish that IHQ would focus more on the way we treated our Am/pledges then what we called them. I remember one brother accidentally slipped up and for the rest of the day the ELC lectured us on how we were supposed to use AM and not pledge. Was that a productive use of time? That's my only complaint. In my four years, not one person ever joined or dropped out because we used AM or pledge.
So to put this topic to rest, I only wish IHQ would focus more on the actual treatment and education of our AM and less on the name.
"A rose by any other name is still a rose."
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