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Originally posted by aephi alum
Maybe the right approach is to require the members of these four chapters to put together an anti-hazing program open to the entire student community, then require that a certain percentage of every chapter on campus attend the program. Require 100% attendance from the four chapters in question. This would be in addition to the punishments meted out by the chapters' nationals. Then again, how would you ensure compliance from members of the chapter that has been closed...
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I know years back, Colorado State put on risk-management seminars about the dangers of drinking...as far as I know, this was an ongoing program. Samantha Spady still died, even with this in place. CU had some sort of risk management seminar required for all potential new members - but the Chi Psi pledge drank himself to death before the seminar was held. The current system does not work.
That's why I'm saying something more drastic has to occur - whatever it is - it has to come from the Greeks themselves to be effective, and, they have to be willing to implement something that is systemic (required for ALL chapters to participate in to remain in good standing), as well as contain harsh penalties.
It's the only way (not necessarily my idea, but AN idea from the greeks as outlined in the paragraph above) to be effective. Something that comes from outside the greek community will be resisted just on the basis it's an "outside" program being forced on the greeks.
Greeks have pulled through crises together before (how many times in the 1960's did the experts say greeks were going to die off?)...and it can be done again.
As I've said all along, greeks need to return to our roots (as in the ideals put forth in our Rituals) - we aren't living what the rituals teach - instead, we are living what we've been brainwashed to believe what we should be: the Animal House, anything-goes, we're young and deserve to be wild, it-can't-happen-to-us mentality that is utlimately going to be fatal. That is what seems to be true for a majority of greek systems - true there are exceptions, and they should be held in high esteem, NOT in the "milk-and-cookie" boys that they sometimes are regarded as being.