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— David Schmidt, South Florida ’92
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How do you get people to re-buy into and want to follow the dry house aspect?
In your honest opinion, what is the number one problem you see in Beta chapters?
— Spencer Forrest, SMU ’17
— Griffin Hoover, Purdue ’18
— Jacob Villarreal, Texas ’18
1) Interfraternalism: We must get better at helping fellow Greeks on campus. If we can improve performance of IFC, then the operational environment of our chapters improves immensely.
It must be a continual process to maintain our home as a safe place to live and connect with fellow Betas. Much like a physically fit body must be maintained and nurtured all the time, so should the Beta house. As I travel and visit with Betas living in dry facilities, they are successful when each member holds other brothers to the standard of zero tolerance. It generates respect for each other, and of course for the home in which they live.
Not sure I’d call it a “problem” as much as I’d say “opportunity.” Our members are accustomed to performing at a high level, which is great; however, we need to be better at being humble about it. Society and the media calls us “entitled college kids,” but I say different. While some of our members might outwardly show entitlement, I believe the true challenge is changing the demonstrated behavior towards humble confidence in how we conduct ourselves in the midst of success.
2) Communication: GFOs and advisors need to be better at communicating with active members and leaders and vice versa. 3) Personal Accountability: Every member, regardless of age, must work to earn their badge every day.
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What do you think the General Fraternity needs to do better or improve on?