Sigma Chi International Fraternity creates new policies to enhance health and safety

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To summarize:

Sigma Chi’s policy changes and action steps include:

1.**** Reinforcement of its policy on the presence of alcohol in connection with recruitment and pledging events to reaffirm the position that alcohol be banned at these events.

2.**** Prohibition of hard alcohol in chapter facilities, effective Feb. 1, 2018.

3.**** Mandate that chapter pledge education programs not exceed a period of five weeks in duration, effective Aug. 1, 2018.

4.**** Elimination of alcohol at social events during the period when chapters are undergoing recruitment or pledging, effective Aug. 1, 2018.

5.**** Cap on the size of social events by limiting the number of guests that each undergraduate can have at them to three, effective Aug. 1, 2018.