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New Member Policy
Once you have recieved and accepted your bid, the new member period begins. During this period,
you will not be asked to perform any task that compromises your safety, beliefs, or morals,
and you will be treated with the same level of respect as any initiated member.
Association
Your association is your first ritual ceremony in Phi Kappa Tau. This ceremony
is conducted publicly on the UW campus. After this
ceremony, you will be an associate member of Phi Kappa Tau, and you will be
given an associate member badge.
Associate Period
We do not use the term "pledge" for our associate members. During this period,
you are as much our brother as any initiated member, and you will be respected
as such. The purpose of the associate period is to further get to know you as
our brother, and ensure that you can hold up to the academic and moral standards
of Phi Kappa Tau.
Big Brothers
Half-way through the association period, associates choose a "big brother" from
the initated members of the house. Your Big Brother gains no special privileges
or authority over you, and instead agrees to take added responsibility for you
as a fellow brother. It is the Big Brother's duty to help bestow a sense of
pride and duty in the little brother, and to help him fulfil his requirements as
and associate.
Pre-Initiation Requirements
During the associate period, you will be asked to perform certain tasks in
order to qualify for initation. These duties will never, in any way, compromise
Your safety, beliefs, or morals. All members of our chapter, current and past,
have performed these tasks prior to initiation. We'd like to make it
absolutely clear that you will not be hazed in any form. These activities are
simply tests to ensure that you will be able to commit time, energy, and effort
to the fraternity while still maintaining reasonable academic standards.
- 2.7 GPA: during quarter as an associate, or 2.4 cumulative GPA
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Associate Class Philanthropy: The associate class will, with the help of the
initiated members, coordinate a project to raise money for our national philanthropy.
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Associate Class Project: The associate class will perform a project to improve
the living structure of the chapter. This helps to instill a sense of pride
in our physical house.
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Associate Paddle: The associates must each construct a wooden paddle as a
symbol of trust. These paddles must then be signed by every associate or
initiated member of the chapter. This paddle will not, at
any point, be used on any person, be they associate members,
initiated members, or otherwise.
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Chapter Interviews: The associates must conduct individual interviews of every
associate and initiated member of the fraternity. This allows the associates to
familiarize themselves with the members of the chapter, and helps to establish
social ties to older members of the fraternity.
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Membership Orientation Class: Over the course of the associate quarter,
associates will attend a membership orientation class taught by the membership
orientation officer. This class is designed to teach you our local and
national history in order to prepare you for the national exam.
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National Exam: The Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, nationwide, requires that its
associate pass an exam in order to initiate. This exam tests the associates'
knowledge of the fraternity's history, and of certain fraternity policies.
Initiation
At the end of the association period, the initated members of the fraternity
must vote in order to initiate each associate individually. If the associate
has fulfilled all of the requirements of the associate period and recieves
a passing vote to initiate, they will go through the initiation ceremony to
become a fully initiated member of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.
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