Traditional Chapters

[TrueSPE]

Originally posted by Knight0843
Hey Men, I'm from a newly opened BMP Chapter. We are having trouble carrying on traditions, and making men appreciate tradition. Since there is no pledgeship, there is no way to weed these idoits out before they are signed. I need some info on traditions of other Chapters, and what you do to maintain traditions and obedience.

can't you still haze them as "sigma brothers?" if not, there's not much you can do. try to abuse them for being bad brothers, i guess.

[FRATMOSPHERE]

I went to Carlson's a few months ago. All of the BMP chapters were aweful. I could actually pick out which were BMP and which were traditional before finding out for certain. I thought I was in the twighlight zone.

[yangstar]

I think traditional builds more pride in your local history as well as the national history of SigEp. As a BMP program, just make sure they're learning what it means to be an Ep and it's more than just signing a bid card.

[SigEpBMP1]

Hi, i'm a new member to this board. But anyways our chapter is also BMP but we have no trouble keeping traditions. Theres many traditions that have been passed down from the brothers that've already graduated, and in honor of them to keep their legacy we still run the traditions. And as far as "building brotherly bonds through being a pledge"...u can still build those brotherly bonds w/out having to be a pledge. But yes i do agree that there needs to be tradition as well as bmp. Those two worked together i think makes a great chapter. Again... having a "balance" between the two.

[yangstar]

Originally Posted by SigEpBMP1

Hi, i'm a new member to this board. But anyways our chapter is also BMP but we have no trouble keeping traditions. Theres many traditions that have been passed down from the brothers that've already graduated, and in honor of them to keep their legacy we still run the traditions. And as far as "building brotherly bonds through being a pledge"...u can still build those brotherly bonds w/out having to be a pledge. But yes i do agree that there needs to be tradition as well as bmp. Those two worked together i think makes a great chapter. Again... having a "balance" between the two.

The BMP is a perfect institution for nationals to install as an insurance policy, and each chapter pays a fee for their insurance. I would like to see a combination like you said of both, I have my bias coming from a traditional chapter, but I think the BMP has great potential.

[tacofish]

Ole Miss traditional here