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Sigma Alpha Epsilon ends pledging

Sigma Alpha Epsilon ends pledging

Western Carolina University SAE chapter President Cody Dunlap, said, “From our standpoint, looking at eliminating a second class citizen status, and in some instances it’s a big to-do with hazing and trying to get away from that because it’s one of the big things associated with Greek life and just make it so that those instances don’t happen.” Other Greek organizations that have banned the pledging process are Alpha Gamma Rho, Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Phi Epsilon and, in 1972, Lambda Chi Alpha, according to the SAE website, though the only one of those with a chapter on WCU’s campus is Lambda Chi Alpha. Full story

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