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Tuesday, Petrify 21, 1C2! l Ccnii:v-tc;l frcrn IV.;;:; 1 HenninS said houses have some hni'r-in nM n help members keep up. "If you're havin; trouble in a class, there are plenty cf pec?l2 to help tutor you," he said. "We also have a test 3 with old tests, and teacher files with e7-'. i c ut ly everybody cn every teacher they've had." An lO-year-cIi former pledge said his pledge traber explrir.sd the Importance of getting invovlcd In cr.n'jr'U'i activities as: "Your cent matter. Your family doesn't matter. cr.ly thins that matters is the house." Grec'ic:..: I.;:, lien involvement is generally viewed positively. It promotes leadership and broadens col legs experience. But over-involvement can have some sid e elects. Jon Stick felt used. . He said that when his house had a charity bikea thon with the Delta Delta Delta sorority, it was Tme for me to use my influence to get the lieutenant governor there" a man he knew through his work in state government. "But less t han 72 hours later, it was not fine for me to work instead of going to dinner at the house," Stick said. Wallace said he never felt used by his fraternity. "I think I recognized that the only reason I got the ASUN presidency b because my house supported me 100 percent. They've been extremely under standing about the time 1 have to spend (at the office)." Houses that do implement forced motivation may suffer from what Blum calls "the Number One syn . drome," He said over-involvement can lead to exces sive house competitiveness. "We're net out to be on top," Blum said. "When you hit the apex, you have nothing to go for. We just want to be a good house, to have the respect of other houses. Emphasis on leadership within the Greek system may be a major cause of the "Number One sym drome." Hfth school men are recruited on the basis of leadership. Leadership training plays a big part in pledge training. With so many leaders in every house, competition can be intense inside and outside of the house. Such intense competition seems to isolate houses from each other, and from the rest of campus as welL Wallace attributes this problem to "ethnocen trism." "Houses will develop a me-first, me-best attitude," Wallace said. "Each fraternity exhibits this enthno centric nature. It's easy to get caught up in the we're-number-one-and-by-God-we-know-it syn drome." Wallace said competitive isolation is stronger among younger members. He said older members tend to break out of that isolation. But he said most Greeks tend to socialize exclusively with other Greeks. He said the majority of his friends were within the system. Jon Stick said it was nice to be able to walk on campus as a freshman and have people approach you, know you and talk to you. , "It makes a bi campus seem smaller, a little bit friendlier " he said. Henningsaid when he joined his house, he had 76 "instant friends." But Blum warned against these instant friendships. "I like to socialize and develop relationships, but it takes time," he said. "When you rush 80 to 100 peo ple, you don't become instant brothers. It takes time to learn people's true qualities, their innermost feelings. . Wallace said friendships pay off after graduation. Brothers become business associates, colleagues . . . and the network expands to include alumni all over the world. "It's not what you know, it's who you know, Wal lace said. "Knowing people is certainly an advantage in the competitive world we're in right now." In spite of a possible isolation problem, the UNL Greek system has come a long way from arranged dinners. And although competition exists, fraterni ties still seem to strive for a comfortable, encom passing, "home-like" atmosphere. , "A dorm floor doesn't have the unity a Greek house has," Henninj said. "People don't respect each ether. Ccme people think there's a lack of privacy when you live in a house. I love it. If any thing, I Invade people's privacy." Hazii Onelfomer fraternity member pledged with a house because he sensed "brotherhood, unity a home-like atmosphere where the actives were like parents to us." His picture of home was shattered by a practice known ls j- t Ruled illegal by the IFC and most, national and international chapters, hazing still exists at UNL. "I'm the last one to say that everyone has stopped hazing," said Anderson. "But we're trying to be con stantly conscious and respond positively to me problem. There was a period of time when hazing was considered fun and games in a different tana oi way ... a dangerous, physical, malicious way. The fc'dowixM are incidents of hazing tkxx have occurred at UNL during the past four years. No incidents are attributed because ofpend:; lawsuits, personal safety or present membership in the frater nity. , a pledge trainer hid five sunflower seeds underneath a huge potted plant When the pledge assigned to clean the area rr.irncd the seed?, the pledge trainer beat up the pledge for his slovenliness. pledges were required to run up and down in the dark with pillow cases over their heads. pledges were required to line up in their underwear while trainers yelled obscenities at them. pledges were forced to bare their behinds and were whacked with paddles. pledges were forced to strip and stack them selves on pool tables. Henning said there i3 less and less hazing. He said he thinks eventually all houses will eliminate the practice because the IFC and national organiza tions are cracking down. Within the past two weeks, 10 members of the Phi DeltaTheta fraternity and 15 members "of the Kappa Sigma fraternity were removed" from their houses because of their hazing practices. . Anderson said she thinks many people have per ceptions of hazing that arent true. "Many stories are exaggerated "she said. "It's kind of fun to make something sound so bad." She said there may be four or five problem hazers of every hundred in a unit, but sometimes those four or five become leaders. She said these people can't or won't understand the rationalization to treat an individual like a human being. Anderson said she has conducted three major programs on hazing and numerous workshops. "The trouble-makers want specifics. What is haz ing? What 99 things constitute hazing? What 9 things can replace it?" she said. "My goal is for members to have more respect for each other." But Anderson said there are potential pluses to the evolving fraternal way of life. "A person needs to make his own decision," she said. "If the atmosphere, direct goals and close rela tionships are consistent with the individual and what his goals are, then the Greek system is OK. 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