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Originally Posted by clemsongirl
I understand the concerns regarding the shortness of the new member period, but I chafe at little at all the war stories told of "the good ole days" where pledge semesters were longer and pledge classes were expected to do more to earn initiation. The implication is that members these days are somehow not as good as they were before, but I haven't seen anything to back this up besides the occasional undergrad coming on this board and asking if they can change sororities or fraternities.
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I don't think anyone is suggesting that at all! Other than the extreme cases like the one we're discussing, I don't think there would be a great purging of new members who were hiding secrets. A few bad apples would have time to openly rot, but it wouldn't be statistically significant. I don't think for one moment that the students coming into GLOs are any worse than their predecessors.
And I think the pace of "new membership" is insane. New college students trying to adjust, keep their grades up, get to know their sisters, having to learn enough about their sorority to pass any tests they may have, along with fundraisers, mixers, homecoming, etc. is just whacked, imo.
While I was happy to see my daughter initiated and not have to wait, she was one busy girl!
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Originally Posted by clemsongirl
I see the limiting of length of pledge periods and of activities within them as a shifting of risk on behalf of the national orgs, and I don't think it's entirely unwarranted.
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Obviously, lowering risk is still very much warranted. I totally get the NEED to end hazing, but it is still going on in some orgs.
I was amazed when I learned 7 out of 8 sororities on my daughter's campus initiate within 6-10 weeks. Hazing was my guess, as they are no longer "pledges", no longer wear their pins, etc.
I was NOT hazed in any way, neither was my daughter. But I loved wearing my ribbon, then my pledge pin, and I loved my pledge experience. We were "kidnapped", but it was just for a fun sleepover. I think we had more time to bond as a pledge class and that was important.
There are pros and cons.
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