The associates are allowed to hold office and to vote in all chapter activities. The only area an associate is not allowed a vote are matters regarding the Ritual of Initiation. Participation in the Ritual is the only act that separates initiates from associates in Lambda Chi Alpha. A ssociates are never asked to do anything that an active member would not, should not, or could not do. Associates do not carry books, bricks, nor have to keep their mouths shut.
Associates are men learning to be men.
A ssociates are brought in as equals. They are not taught to be good pledges, they are taught to be good brothers.