Tiger Fiji Summer 1990 Page 3 Picture Trivia The Tiger Fiji staff would like to thank Jim Claflin, '63, and Stephen Hayes, '66, for their help in identifying the brothers in the Picture Trivia section of the spring issue of the Tiger Fiji. The staff would like to challenge the brothers to identify and explain these photos . The staff also encourages graduate brothers to send old photos(we would return them as soon as possible) to be used as future Picture Trivias. JAM S E S S I O N - - - - - - - - - - - - - These five brothers are making beautiful music together. Can you identify them and name the song they were playing? Send answers to the Tiger Fiji. Photo taken from Mirage yearbook FUN AND G A M E S - - - - - - - - - - - These brothers looked like they enjoyed their spare time together. Can you name these jokers and describe the picture? Send answers to the Tiger Fiji. Photo taken from Mirage yearbook \r\nTiger Fiji Page 4 Chapter Stumbles (con't. from page 1) against members who violate fraternity and University rules in the future. Phi Gamma Delta International Headquarters, which was immediately notified about the hazing activities, also took disciplinary action. The chapter was fined $1000 dollars and a graduate trusteeship was created to oversee the activites of the chapter, which will include a revamped pledge education program lasting no more than ten weeks. Newly-elected Chapter President John Kneisley, '91, was required to speak before the 142nd Ekklesia on the dangers and consequences of hazing. The purpose of the severe restrictions placed on the chapter by the university and International Headquarters was to send a clear message. "Hazing is unacceptable, that it will not be tolerated, it is not part of our fraternity traditions, and it is inconsistent with the very foundations of brotherhood and sisterhood, " Dean Smith said. Before the hazing incident occurred, the university took a number of steps to increasing campus awareness on hazing. Speakers were brought in to warn freshman pledges about the dangers of hazing, and Dean Smith met with the pledge educators on a regular basis throughout the year to discuss their pledge programs. Former Chapter President John Broyles, "91, expressed deep concern over the hazing Spring 1990 incident. "Cabinet was trying to take some positive steps for change, but they weren't fast enough, and a lot of changes were met with opposition from other memebers of the house," he said. "We didn't learn enough from past mistakes. We were trying to save too many past traditions that needed to be removed from the chapter," Brother Broyles added. Although the 1990-91 academic year will be difficult for the chapter, especially during Rush, Dean Smith maintains that the chapter can overcome this problem. "I am really confident that Fiji can come out of this incident and become a stronger fraternity if they choose to do so and if they look to their foundations and ritual for guidance," he said. Trusteeship sets tone for upcoming year _ Wednesday, _August 29.,..-marked_ _ Cbapter President John Kneisley, the first meeting of the graduate trus'91, and Lambda Corporation President Joe Carney, ·so. reporeted on the teeship that will be working with the chapter during its probationary period current status of the chapter and plans and thereafter. for the future. Brother Baney outlined The first meeting took place in lndithe organization and objectives of the anapolis. Director of Chapter Services graduate trusteeship. All graduate from International Headquarters brothers present were enthusiastic and Robert Baney Ill (Penn State '84) led hopeful about the coming year. Areas the meeting. Section Chief Mark Crabb of importance discussed were pledge (Purdue University "81), International education, scholarship, graduate relaRitualist Bill Miller (Indiana University tions, and university relations. The next '62) and many graduate brothers, both meeting of the graduate trustees will be from Lambda and other chapters, were at the chapter retreat in Indianapolis on also present. Oct. 16. Pig Dinner Any graduate brothers_wm..were~ _ unable to attend the meeting but are interested in the graduate trusteeship, should call Brother Kneisley at (317) 653-3007. Phi Garn Bulletin Board Parent's Weekend Sept. 22-23 Rush Oct. 11-14 Old Gold Day Oct. 27 Monon Bell Game Nov. 10 (con't. from page 1) Pig Dinner also brought back graduate brothers from across the country. Brian "Buck" Thornburg,'89, arived from Miami, Florida, to spend the weekend at "the 'Garn." Phil Heyde, 72, who hails from Santa Rosa, California, drove down to Greencastle to attend the event during a business trip to Chicago. George "Kit" Lortz, '62, came from Cincinnati, Ohio, to cele- brate Pig Dinner with his son, senior Pete Lortz. Likewise, Steve Kaye, a '65 graduate brother from the Northwestern University Phi chapter, made the trip to be present at Pig Dinner with his son, newlyinitiated Steve Kaye, '93. The Graduate Relations committee wishes to thank all the graduate brothers who were a part of Pig Dinner. Special thanks goes to those graduate and undergraduate brothers who accompanied Brother Mosher to Walden Inn's The Duck after dinner for a night of sipping Bud Light and sharing Phi Garn stories. \r\nTiger Fiji Spring 1990 Page 5 HAZING One of the oldest practices of fraternities still remains rooted despite efforts to eradicate this problem. H azing is one of the many issues that is putting the Greek system under fire, but unlike other issues such as racial intolerance and sexual harassement, hazing is something most fraternity members can identify with . Although the severity of hazing has lessened in recent years, many fraternity chapters still cling to some forms of this activity. "From my discussion with graduate brothers from various eras, I would say that hazingtrasue-creased in the physical severity, but I think its only changed forms to become more mental as opposed to physical in nature," Director of Chapter Services Bob Baney (Penn State '84)said. "Hazing is still very much a problem." Advocates maintain that hazing is essential because it is the rites of manhood or the bond between brothers through shared hardships.But in recent years hazing has been losing its grip on the fraternity. Hazing-related injuries and deaths have forced fraternities to reconsider this practice.Over the past decade, there have been 40 hazingrelated deaths and hundreds of serious injuries. Recent documentation include: -An incident last February in Louisi ana at Northwestern State Univer sity in which seven members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity were charged with assault in connection with a three-hour beating of six pledges. "From my discussion with graduate brothers from various eras, I would say that hazing has decreased in the physical severity, but I think its only changed forms to become more mental as opposed to physical in nature," Director of Chapter Services Bob Baney (Penn State '84)said. "Hazing is still vel}' much a problem." -February of 1988 in New Jersey at Rutgers University in which James Callahan, 18 died after drinking more than twentythree ounces of hard liquor during hazing at a Lambda Chi Alpha fra ternity pledge party .. And over the past academic year.eight undergraduate chapters of Phi Gamma Delta were fined and reprimanded by International Headquarters in Lexington, KY for hazing activies. Hazing is defined by Phi Gamma Delta and the Fraternity Insurance Purchasing Group as "any action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule ... "Today, 35 states have anti-hazing laws. Hazing is a misdemeanor offense and carries a maximum of 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $1000. To prevent the harassment of pledges, two fraternities, Zeta Beta Tau and Tau Kappa Epsilon, have responded by banning pledgeship.But the undergraduate brothers of Phi Gamma Delta seem to remain intent upon keeping pledgeship as in integral part of the fraternity. In a surve_y of 650 Phi Garn undergraduate and graduate brothers at the 1989 Fiji Academy, 97 percent of them were opposed to abolishing pledge education. Fraternities have responded by resorting to alternative ways of having pledge education by stressing scholarship, community service and philanthropies . Yet many are still willing to risk the good name of the fraternity in order to include hazing in their pledge programs. It is still unclear as to how many chapters have some form hazing intheir pledgeship programs, which understates the seriousness of the problem. Chapters will openly deny the existence of hazing in their pledgeship program, but behind closed doors they will practice it.It is likely that the number of chapters who haze is high, for hazing has been a tradition for 150 years and will likely remain so in the years to come.