Why Lambda Chi Alpha ?
What Is Fraternity?
Fraternity-Lambda Chi Alpha-is a very personal thing that will provide
you a storehouse of memories and experiences. Yet, it is much, much more.
Lambda Chi Alpha is belonging.
When you need someone to talk to, you will always find a brother who is
genuinely interested and who really cares about what happens to you. You will
find a brother who understands that you are only human and are seeking to
improve yourself in many ways. You will find a brother who offers to help before
you have a chance to ask.
Lambda Chi Alpha is brotherhood.
In a very real sense, the Fraternity creates a family relationship among its
members. It aims to bring together a group of young men who will be congenial,
loyal, and helpful to one another during some of the best years of their
lives-the college years. Thus Lambda Chi Alpha offers its members the nearest
possible equivalent to home that can be found on the college campus, and these
close ties often bind men in friendships for life.
Lambda Chi Alpha is equality.
Lambda Chi Alpha was the first fraternity to abolish pledges when associate
membership replaced pledging in 1972. Since that time, associate members have
had full and equal rights in the chapter, including voting privileges and the
ability to hold office, attend all meetings and functions, and wear the letters
and regalia of the Fraternity. The Fraternity replaced pledge education with
fraternity education, which dictates ongoing education for all members
throughout their university years. New members are integrated immediately into
the chapter. A big brother is assigned to each new member, and he teaches the
essentials of chapter operations to the new member. Each week throughout the
school year an educational session is held for all members. These educational
sessions are either internal (history, ritualism, risk management, goal setting,
recruitment skills, etc.) or external (study skills, current topics, alcoholism,
date rape, CPR, etc.).
The Miracle of Fraternity
Within the span of your years at Valpo, Lambda Chi Alpha provides the
opportunity to:
 Develop lifelong
friendships
Engage in responsibilities
managing and governing chapter affairs
Have a voice at the General
Fraternity
Have the chance to develop
your leadership talents
Receive the help needed to
expand your mind establish a favorable atmosphere for academic achievement
Gain self-confidence, a
sharpened sense of human relations, and a mature sense of justice.
Lambda Chi Alpha is Learning outside of the classroom
By banding together as a group of individuals with common
objectives, an atmosphere is fostered where leadership, communication, conflict
management and interpersonal skills are demanded. Out of this need springs
learning, adapting and personal growth. Fraternity life, above all the many
other benefits it offers, gives you practice for life in the real world.
By now, we hope we have convinced you that fraternity membership is a beneficial
thing, and that Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the best fraternities around. Of
course it is our belief that Lambda Chi Alpha is THE BEST!
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