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ZBT Abolishes
Pledgeship
RUTH BAUM BIGUS
Special to The Jewish News
Z
eta Beta Tau, the
Jewish-founded col-
lege fraternity, last
week officially abolished
pledgeship as part of its
recruitment policies. Effective
immediately, ZBT will in-
itiate new members within 72
hours of rush (recruitment).
The change follows a ZBT
governing board meeting last
year, where members discuss-
ed ways to improve the frater-
nity. Making a change in the
fraternity's pledge policy was
at the top of the list according
to ZBT national Vice Presi-
dent Dr. Ronald Taylor.
In recent years hazing —
harassing fraternity pledges
— came to the forefront after
a number of college students
died or were seriously injured
during the process.
"We wanted to remove the
window of opportunity (for
hazing)," Dr. Taylor said of the
new ZBT policy.
Dr. Taylor said ZBT officials
have developed a number of
initiatives, called the
Brotherhood Program, to im-
prove the fraternity. Each
ZBT chapter will begin set-
ting its own requirements
that all members, not just
pledges, must meet, he said.
He said grades might serve as
one membership
requirement.
Alpha Epsilon Pi, another
Jewish-founded fraternity, is
contemplating a similar
change, said the fraternity's
Executive Vice President
Sidney Dunn.
Founded in 1898, ZBT has
100 charters and groups in
the United States and-
Canada, including at the
University of Michigan and
Michigan State University.
JNF Event To Honor
Cardinal Edmund Szoka
Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka
of the Catholic Archdiocese of
Detroit will be honored by the
Jewish National Fund at a
tribute dinner 6 p.m. Oct. 19
at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek. Chairpersons for the
event are Walter B. Connolly
Jr., Charles T. Fisher, III,
Frank D. Stella, Jack A.
Robinsn, Frank Kelly and
David Lawrence Jr.
Cardinal Szoka will receive
JNF's highest honor, the Tree
of Life Award, given in
recognition of professional
and humanitarian leadership.
"It is with pleasure that we
bestow this recognition on-
Cardinal Szoka whose leader-
ship and integrity continue to
inspire the citizens of Detroit
and the State of Michigan,"
said Sue Ellen Eisenberg,
president of JNF in Detroit.
Cardinal Szoka was named
Archbishop of Detroit by Pope
John Paul II in 1981. He is a
member of the board of
trustees, the executive com-
mittee, and chairman of the
committee for university rela-
tions of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America, Washington,
D.C. In 1988, he was named to
the College ofCardinals by
Pope John Paul II.
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U-M Hillel Opens
The B'nai B'rith Hillel
Foundation at the University
of Michigan will open the
academic year with an open
house Sept. 6 from 8 to
10 p.m. for undergraduate
students and Sept. 7 from 8 to
10 p.m. for graduate students
and professionals. Open
house will be at the Mandell
L. Berman Center for Hillel.
Over 30 Hillel-affiliated
groups will be represented.
Refreshments will be served.
On Sept. 9, Hill Street
Cinema will show the movie
Harold and Maude at
9:30 p.m. at Hillel. The movie
is about a wealthy, death-
obsessed teenager who stages
phone suicides and falls in
love with a free-spirited
octogenarian.
On Sept. 10, graduates and
professionals are invited to at-
tend the Grad and Profes-
sional Summer Blowout Pic-
nic at 5 p.m. at West Park.
Bring salads and veggie
dishes to pass. Kosher hot
dogs, buns and drinks will be
provided. A $3 donation is
asked. This event is sponsored
by the Jewish Grad Group
and the Outing Club of the
JCC of Ann Arbor.
Unless otherwise noted, all
events are at Hillel. For infor-
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