Pi Beta Phi

A fraternity is a home away from home for people. They are there so that students and members can have fun and forget about the struggles they are facing while away from their parents. Yes most of the time when you hear about fraternities you hear about the parties that can get out of control. This however is because the university does not have a set of rules that they are required to live by.  When fraternities live by certain rules they can help students take a break from studying or whatever is troubling them at that time. They can accomplish this by going on camping trips or participating in other activities that the member agree on.  Since members will have something in common  these activities will be easy to decide on. You may argue that these activities can get out of hand. This may be true, but if we really think about it, even without the fraternity sponsoring an activity the same group of individuals could get together and do the same thing. However when you put a set of rules that they must abide by then the activities will stay under control. Yes there are people out there that break rules, to minimize this you can say that if these rules are broken, then the fraternity or sorority will be shut down by the university and the individuals involved in the rule breaking activity will be placed under probation.

The rules for the fraternities are really simple ones to make. Since Brigham Young University already has the Honor Code in place you can issue that same rule, if you will, to the fraternities. Some additional rules can vary depending on the type of fraternity. If it is an academic one you could set the rule that all members must obtain a certain grade point average. If the fraternity is a sport one, it could be required that the student be in at least one P.E. class a year or semester, while a member of the fraternity.  Since BYU already has an outstanding record of being one of the "driest" campuses in the United States, I feel that if we accept the fact and let students start up fraternities that the university will not have a problem with alcohol. Another aspect of fraternities that can be somewhat questionable is the initiation process. To make sure that these do not get out of hand, they can be overseen by a representative of the university to make sure the rules are being adhered to. If need be the university could have an individual present at all initiation ceremonies

Questions:

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