An email I received

[lambdaindenver]

The phrase "Burn and Turn" is nothing that I have heard in the general fraternity in 25 years - 4 executive directors and working with a bunch of chapters. It is nothing but a campaign slogan to get people fired up.

The fatal flaw in the logic of the legislation's proponent is that the time for alumni concern and involvement is with the chapter on a regular basis, not after the chapter has commited a hazing violation, an alcohol violation or some other problem that results in a campus dictating that Lambda Chi is to remove its chapter from that campus, or that results in Lambda Chi having to close a chapter. Alumni involvement to write an appeal to the general assembly, or to fuss with the Grand High Zeta, the staff or the presidents, to change the terms of a chapter's discipline is completely misguided. That is alumni involvement too little, too late and out of touch with the principles of Lambda Chi Alpha. The point to alumni involvement is to provide mentors and structure for the undergraduate members, not to provide someone who will run flak and smoke screens when they violate the law, the insurance requirements and fraternity policy. What sort of message does that send to the undergraduates about the lifetime commitment of our alumni?