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Oregon State's is among the 256 SigEp chapters nationwide that have adopted the Balanced Man Program, an intensive four-year fraternity experience created 13 years ago by concerned SigEp leaders to shift the center of life in the houses from beer-soaked blowouts to activities that promote healthy living and self-respect. To eliminate hazing, the program does away with the pledge system--all recruits are equal members from Day One. Alcohol is allowed, but booze-free activities are encouraged. The George Washington University chapter does yoga together. At Miami University in Ohio, fraternity brothers learn how to salsa...
...school that offers a degree in fermentation sciences, the SigEps of old stood out for their love of inebriation. "When I got here in 2001, it was awful," says Mike Powers, 20, a senior. "Drugs were coming in, grades were falling. There were nothing but monster parties." The chapter hit bottom that fall when a single party resulted in a whopping $195,000 in fines for 26 separate counts of providing alcohol to minors. The house needed a fresh start, which led to a purge of partyers in which a third of the brothers left the chapter. "We needed...
Today the chapter, reorganized under the Balanced Man Program, has rebounded. Membership is almost back to prepurge levels, and last summer the chapter won a national SigEp award that placed it in the top 15% in academics and community service of all chapters in the country...
...Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion, Noah Savage burned the latest chapter of Harvard’s painful history with Princeton into the minds of the Crimson faithful, burying a last-second baseline jumper to give the Tigers a 60-59 victory. The shot completed a final-minute comeback from a six-point deficit and handed a devastated Harvard team its second straight loss on the opposition’s ultimate possession...
...Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion, Noah Savage burned the latest chapter of Harvard’s painful history with the Tigers in the minds of the Crimson faithful, burying a last-second baseline jumper to give Princeton a 60-59 victory. The shot completed the Tigers’ comeback from a six point final minute deficit, and handed a devastated Harvard team its second straight loss on the game’s final play...