Section IV: Hazing
Hazing for the purpose of pledging, initiation, admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for maintaining membership in a group, organization, or team shall be defined as:
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Any intentional, knowing or reckless act, whether on or off-campus, which endangers the mental or physical health or safety of any person, regardless of consent, or which violates public law or University policy.
Hazing includes, but is not limited to:
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Any physical brutality such as whipping, beating, striking, paddling, branding, placing of a harmful substance on the body, or similar activity.
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Any physical activity such as sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement, calisthenics, or other activity that subjects a student to risk of harm, or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of a student.
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Any activity involving consumption of food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, drug, or substance that subjects a student to risk of harm, or that adversely affects the mental or physical health or safety of a student.
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Any activity that intimidates or threatens a student with ostracism, subjects a student to extreme mental stress, shame or humiliation, or adversely affects the mental health or dignity of a student, or that may reasonably be expected to cause a student to leave the organization or institution rather than submit to acts described above.
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Any activity in which a person solicits, plans, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in hazing or intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly permits hazing to occur and/or knowingly fails to report the incident.
Section VI: Code of ethics
We, as the undergraduate members of women’s fraternities at Southeast Missouri State University, strive to exemplify scholarship, leadership, service, and sisterhood by abiding by all Unanimous agreements of the National Panhellenic Conference. We will work to promote the best interests of Southeast Missouri State University and to ensure that the Panhellenic community is an asset to our institution. We intend to foster a great relationship with other Greek councils, the Southeast Missouri State University administration/ student body, and the Cape Girardeau community.
All members are to be held to high moral and academic standards and serve as a positive representation of the community. All Panhellenic members are joined together as Panhellenic sisters and are expected to embrace the unique differences of organizations. We recognize that every member sorority is an integral part of our community, and we will refrain from making disparaging remarks about any member sorority. We vow to uplift all member organizations and join as a community to support one another. The standards that we have set forth shall guide our everyday actions and ensure the success of our community.
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Section II. Statement of Values-Based Recruitment
All National Panhellenic Conference member organizations represented at Southeast Missouri State University will promote the following practices during membership recruitment:
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Engage in values-based conversations.
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Choose recruitment activities and behaviors that reflect the core values of our organizations.
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Make informed choices, based on shared values, about potential new members.
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Educate potential new members about the values, benefits, and obligations of sorority membership. In accordance with the National Panhellenic Conference policy, Southeast Missouri State University recruitment will follow the no frills policy.
Bid Day:
Bid Day themes will be chosen in the spring semester before Bid Day. This process will be facilitated by the Vice President of Recruitment and Retention
i. Order of picking bid day themes will be decided by the preceding semester’s GPA’s
A Bid-Day function is any event held between 12am and 11:59pm on Bid-Day.
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No men, including male family members, or fraternity members are permitted at any sorority Bid Day function.
No alcohol will be allowed at any sorority on or off campus Bid Day functions.
Under House Total/Snap-Bidding/ Continual Open Recruitment all procedures will follow guidelines in the National Panhellenic Council Manual of Information. Only chapters failing to achieve quota in the primary recruitment process will be allowed to Snap-Bid members during the morning of Bid Day until noon when the event begins. The Office of Greek Life or Panhellenic reserves the right to change the Snap-Bid timelines in the event of an unforeseeable obstacle.
Chapters under house total or chapters not achieving quota will be eligible to begin Continuous Open Bidding (COB) Monday following Bid Day. COB can continue until the last day of classes before finals week with the exception that bids are not to be extended during a period when school is not in session, i.e. Thanksgiving or Winter break.