1) Hazing
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity's Statement of Position on Hazing
WHEREAS, the emphasis on all programs with new members and/or active members shall be on the development of spirit and understanding of the dignity and worth of each and every individual; and
WHEREAS, the purpose and objectives for all programs shall be discussed with all participants in advance; andWHEREAS, hazing is inconsistent with the Ritual and the objectives of the Fraternity.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as endorsed by the 129th Anniversary National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia on June 16-18, 1985, that these practices specifically and all other similar activities are prohibited at any and all times in all chapters for new members and all others:
paddling, physical exercises or calisthenics, deprivation of normal sleep and rest, any form of corporal or mental punishment, the placing of anyone in actual or simulated peril or jeopardy of health, undignified methods and stunts, dangerous illegal activities, either private or public quests, treasure hunts and road trips, and any ordeal that is in any respect indecent or shocking to the moral or religious scruples or sensibilities of the individual or in poor taste.
FURTHER, WE RESOLVE to support the Fraternity Executives Association position statement on hazing as follows:
HAZING is defined as any action or situation created intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule. Such activities and situations include:
paddling in any form, creation of excessive fatigue; physical or mental shocks; quests, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, road trips or any other such activities carried on outside the confines of the house; wearing, publicly, apparel which is conspicuous and not normally in good taste; engaging in public stunts and buffoonery; morally degrading or humiliating games and activities; late work sessions which interfere with scholastic activities; and any other activities which are inconsistent with fraternal law, ritual or policy or the regulations and policies of the educational institution.
Hazing Hotline
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· If you believe your Chapter is partaking in any kind of physical, mental, or other form of hazing, you have the right as a pledge of Sigma Alpha Epsilon to report these actions while remaining anonymous.
· In the event that you wish to report a hazing incident
(defined on the succeeding page), you may contact your Chapter Advisor, your
Greek Advisor, your Assistant Executive Director, or the
· We believe in a fraternity free of hazing. We believe that hazing is a symptom of a weak chapter, and that building men of character - True Gentlemen - happens only in a Greek culture not rooted in fear and hazing. Therefore, it is extremely important that chapters end hazing. If you choose to call the hazing hotline, your call will be confidential, and you should fear no personal ramifications.
1-800-233-1856, Ext. 399
2) Alcohol
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity's Policies on Alcohol and Social Responsibility
1. The possession, use and/or consumption of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, while on chapter premises, during an official Fraternity event, or in any situation sponsored or endorsed by Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, must be in compliance with any and all applicable laws of the state, county, city and university. This includes the laws regarding the serving of alcoholic beverages to minors.
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3. The possession, sale and/or use of any ILLEGAL DRUGS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES at any SAE house or sponsored event that would allow a normal observer to view one as associated with the fraternity is strictly prohibited and will be grounds for immediate expulsion of those involved.
4. Each chapter will instruct members and pledges on the drinking age laws, regulation of sale laws, open container laws and other laws pertinent to chapter’s jurisdiction, specifically dramshop liability, implied consent, and host liquor liability. The chapter shall also provide instruction with the goal of engendering in each member a sense of responsibility toward the welfare of those who consume alcohol. The chapter shall further teach the encouragement of intervention to prevent any person from drinking to excess, or from engaging in any potentially dangerous activity, including driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The chapter must provide instruction on emergency procedures to be employed as a result of alcohol abuse.
5. No “GRAIN ALCOHOL” or any such distilled liquor that exceeds 100 proof, or above 50% pure grade alcohol per volume, is to be served in any form or mixture during a fraternity sponsored event.
6. All recruitment and/or post pledging activities may not include alcohol, especially “BID NIGHT.”
7. OPEN PARTIES, meaning those with unrestricted access, and without specific invitation, shall be prohibited.
8. NO PURCHASE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITH CHAPTER FUNDS. This includes the purchase of kegs of beer. All alcoholic beverages consumed at SAE chapter functions must be brought by the individual brothers attending the function or through a cash bar operated by the licensed establishment where the function is held.
9. THE PURCHASE OR USE OF A COMMON SOURCE OF ALCOHOL SUCH AS KEGS, PARTY BALLS, PUNCH, ETC. IS PROHIBITED. Chapters may hire a licensed, professional catering service with certified bartenders, which may utilize common containers. Any service retained must have general liability and liquor liability insurance policies.
* These restrictions have been added to SAE Risk Management Policies for clarification.
10. No Drinking Games
11. No Shots or Shooters
12. No Glass Bottles Permitted
13. No Forced Drinking
14. No Beer Funnels or Beer Bongs
3) My Grades
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity's New Member Position Statement
WHEREAS, the undergraduate members have certain responsibilities to the men who pledge their chapters and, therefore, recognize the need to provide a new member program which is constructive and progressive; and
WHEREAS, the ultimate goal is to educate new members to effectively carry out their responsibilities to Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, the fraternity system, and their collegiate institution in order to retain those ideals of scholastic achievement, social maturation and brotherhood upon which the fraternity was founded; and
WHEREAS, the new member program is to be void of the harassments which have given the fraternity system a bad name in the past.
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED, as endorsed by the 129th Anniversary National
Convention in
I. Scholarship
A. In addition to
normal study time, each chapter will encourage providing new members a minimum
of three hours of totally undisturbed study time Sunday through Thursday
evenings ending no later than
B. Each chapter will encourage quiet hours in selected study areas in the house or appropriate fraternity living situations from after dinner until daybreak.
C. Each chapter will encourage incentives for scholastic achievement.
D. Each chapter will periodically review the grades of each pledge.
E. Each chapter will encourage daily class attendance by pledges.
II. Social Development
A. Each chapter will encourage new members to participate in extracurricular activities, but not require or stipulate specific ones.
B. Each chapter will insist on gentlemanly behavior and proper etiquette at all times and provide instruction for all pledges on same.
III. Fraternity and University Life
A. Each chapter will encourage new members to become familiar with fraternity history, both local and national.
B. Each chapter will encourage new members to become familiar with the fraternity system on campus.
C. Each chapter will encourage new members to become familiar with the customs, history, and regulations of their collegiate institution.
D. Each chapter will maintain a system of pledge counseling, both personal and academic.
E. Each chapter will maintain a new member education program that is positive and progressive in its aims and operation.
F. Each chapter will endorse the Interfraternity Council guidelines and policies relating to Greek life.
IV. New Member Education Practices
A. Each chapter must understand and enforce the collegiate, national, state, and national fraternity anti-hazing policies.
B. No chapter will permit paddling in any form.
C. No chapter will permit “games” that may cause excessive fatigue, mental harassment, moral degradation or physical injury.
D. All pre-initiation activities (within or outside the confines of the chapter house) will conform to the standards stated in the IFC Constitution, University regulations and National Laws.
E. No chapter will take part in lockouts of either new members by actives or actives by new members. The Chapter house must be accessible at all times to those who reside in it.
F. No chapter or initiated member will require new members to perform any personal servitude.
G. New member activities will not interfere with a normal night of sleep.
H. No chapter or initiated member will require new members to wear any humiliating or uncomfortable attire at any time.
I. No chapter will impose upon a new member any action which could possibly bring unfavorable criticism upon the fraternity or the fraternity system.
Involvement Opportunities
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· TGI Institutes and
· Fraternity Convention – Held every other year, this event sets the direction
for the Fraternity and elects the Supreme Council. The next Convention will be
held in 2005 in
· The True Gentleman Day of Service – Join other brothers across the Realm for SAE’s National Youth Service Day project. Simply organize and conduct a project in your local community on the announced date of the True Gentleman Day of Service.
· SAE National Amateur Golf Tournament – Compete against brothers from around the Realm and enjoy meeting new brothers at these events.
· SAE National Softball Tournament – Compete against brothers from around the Realm and enjoy meeting new brothers at these events.
· Province Conventions – Organized by your province, these events decide the direction of your province and select its leadership.
· Province Social Events – Share the bonds of brotherhood with other members of your province at these events.
· The North-American Interfraternity Conference’s (NIC) Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute and Future’s Quest – For 14 years, UIFI has helped fraternity and sorority leaders transform their communities through values based action. Future’s Quest, a winter retreat, focuses on leadership and personal development in an outdoor setting. The SAE Foundation provides scholarships for both of these NIC events.
· The North-American Interfraternity Conference’s IMPACT The NIC comes to your campus and helps the Greek Community succeed.
Visit the events section of www.sae.net for current information
Scholarship Opportunities
q G. Robert Hamrdla Award: Past ESR Bob Hamrdla (Stanford ’60) established this award for brothers in any major with transcripts that reflect considerable study of 19th and 20th century history. Applicants with interest in modern German history or the two World Wars will receive preferred consideration.
q Jones-Laurence Award for Scholastic
Achievement: Established in memory of
past ESA Walter B. Jones (
q Warren Paul Poslusny Award for Outstanding
Achievement: Warren P. Poslusny
(
q Dr. Charles
A. Preuss Medical Award: Dr. Charles A. Preuss (
q Ivan Allen Jr. Leadership Award: Established by the Greater Atlanta Area Alumni Association to honor former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. (Georgia Institute of Technology ‘33), this award is given to an upcoming senior member who has proven a leadership role to his chapter, Fraternity, school or community.
SAE Foundation Loans
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation also sponsors loans for members in good standing of the Fraternity. The loan program has helped hundreds of undergraduate members pay for school by lending more than $5 million since the program began in the 1950s.
Applicants must be brothers in good standing who are successful scholastically and active leaders. Up to $5,000 may be borrowed in one calendar year, with a maximum of two loans per individual. The current interest rate is competitive and repayment does not begin until six months following graduation.
Our Chapter has received the great honor of having the best GPA in the Greek Male Community. We also had the best GPA for Pledges.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Pennsylvania Tau Gamma Chapter
511 South Walnut Street
West Chester, Pennsylvania 19382