Ice Cold: Alpha Phi Alpha Freezes Membership Intake Nationwide

Alpha Phi Alpha won't have any new members strolling anywhere any time soon.Amid allegations of all the illegal hazing that "doesn't happen", the General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Innnncorporated has suspended new member intake nationwide. According to Macon.com Suggested Reading Marquise Jackson Drags 50 Cent on Father’s Day β€” 50 Seemingly Shoots Back “Power”…

Alpha Phi Alpha won't have any new members strolling anywhere any time soon.

Amid allegations of all the illegal hazing that "doesn't happen", the General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Innnncorporated has suspended new member intake nationwide. According to Macon.com

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The ruling, announced to active members in a letter from the fraternity’s General President Herman β€œSkip” Mason Jr., comes nearly a month after a member of the student chapter at Fort Valley State University was charged with aggravated battery against a new member. Mason said the decision to halt intake was due to β€œthe failure of some of our members to behave honorably and with care.”

β€œFollowing my review of 2009, it became clear to me that one area that needs our immediate focus is the conduct of brothers involved in the intake process,” Herman’s letter stated. β€œOur process was designed with the assumption that our members would conduct themselves honorably and with care. Regretfully, in several instances, that has not occurred.

β€œThis means that all membership intake activities shall be and are hereby suspended until further notice."

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