Miami Triad Takes Stance Against Hazing
Sigma Chi Joins Forces in Campaign Against Hazing
Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi, collectively known as the Miami Triad, have joined to encourage their nearly 20,000 undergraduate members on over 300 campuses to take an active stance against the illegal act of hazing during the first ever National Hazing Prevention Week, September 26-30, 2005. All three organizations were founded on the Miami University Campus during the mid 1800’s. Together, they are working to share resources and ideas in their fight against hazing in collegiate chapters across North America.
At the 2003 Association of Fraternity Advisors Annual Meeting, a task force was created by the organization to brainstorm initiatives in order to better understand and fight hazing. Initiatives included: development of a resource for fraternity and sorority advisors, advancing research efforts, encouraging legislation, and providing more programming on the issue.
Their efforts led to the first National Hazing Symposium which was held on the campus of Purdue University in November 2004. The symposium was sponsored by the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA), The Association of Student Judicial Affairs (ASJA), The Association for Interdisciplinary Initiatives in Higher Education Law & Policy (AII), The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC), the Fraternity Executives Association (FEA), and the BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network. It was designed to bring together leaders to reflect on the current state of hazing in their respective worlds and what should still be done to combat hazing.
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