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. 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