Aerobic
meetings, although "when
something extremely impor-
tant comes up concerning a
senior or something we don't
know much about, we don't
always get to vote."
U-M Alpha Epsilon Pi
President Adam Goodrich
said his fraternity is on the
"same lines as Zeta Beta
Tau."
He explained, "Our na-
tional fraternity is trying to
abolish the actual program
called pledging and is taking
gradual steps to do it."
He said during the fraterni-
ty's national convention,
which met in Arizona this
summer, the fraternity
presidents and national of-
ficials voted not to abolish the
pledge program.
Instead, the members
agreed to cut the pledge pro-
gram to five weeks. Goodrich
supports the change and calls
it "a step in the right direc-
tion." He said the fraternity
submits a schedule detailing
every pledge activity to the
national offices.
"Everything is done on a
trial basis," Goodrich said.
"Next August we will get
together and discuss what
worked best."
Goodrich said the liability
issue is making all frater-
nities rethink the pledge pro-
bram. As president, Goodrich
is responsible if anyone gets
hurt.
Larger chapters, like the U-
M chapter, submitted to the
national offices alternative
programs, asking to extend
the program a few weeks.
Traditionally, the pledge pro-
gram at U-M is 12 weeks, or
a full semester.
Goodrich said the alter-
native schedule of an eight
week pledge program was ap-
proved by officers in the na-
tional headquarters and im-
plemented beginning this
fall. He said the program was
cut by not scheduling ac-
tivities during the two weeks
of mid-term exams, the week
of Thanksgiving and finals
week.
Goodrich explained that the
distractions and the number
of extra-curricular activities
at a large university like U-M
make it impossible to incor-
porate all the activities of a
pledgeship into a five-week
period.
"Everything that happens
in this house serves a pur-
pose. We would never
physically abuse anybody,
have them do stupid acts or
make them drink and then do
100 push-ups. That is in-
humane. You can have a good
time without doing these
stupid things."
Although Goodrich sup-
ports alternatives to the
pledge program, he is hesi-
tant about abolishing it.
"I don't see how any frater-
nity on campus after five
nights of rush can treat a
member who didn't put in his
blood, sweat and tears the
same as a brother who has
put in four months of a pledge
program," Goodrich said.
Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity
has experienced no changes
this year in the rush system
and pledge program. "To wipe
out the pledge period im-
ediately is something a lot of
guys are not too keen about.
My pledge brothers are my
best friends in the world,"
Goodrich said.
"Pledging is not what a
fraternity is all about. We are
going back to what we are all
about," Taylor said. 0
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