Originally Posted by knight_shadow (Post 1658218)

I wasn't specifically looking for anything; just getting some others' perspectives.

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS (Post 1658217)

ORLY?

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS (Post 1658220)

This was kinda a spin-off thread, anyway. I forgot from where.

Originally Posted by MsDGP007 (Post 1658226)

Yes; "threads" is plural; this is one thread. ;)

Originally Posted by MsDGP007 (Post 1657457)

Perhaps from the outside looking in...it seems that LGLOs & MCGLOs copy a lot from NPHC orgs; and maybe some do more than others (I can only speak for my own org so...). However by the definition of what we are (Greek Lettered Secrets Societies), we all will have similarities. In fact my sorority has characteristics in common with NPHC groups, NPC groups, honorary and even community-based sororities. Our founders were not "rejected" from NPHC groups...but seriously just wanted (so created) something different.

Again there is more than meets the eye. I went to a step-show this past spring which was hosted by an MCGLO - Alpha Omega Omega at West Virginia University. There were NPHC and LGLO orgs who participated and attended. At the after party/celebration, there was a lot of camaraderie and support. No I haven't been to so many schools...but I'm sure elsewhere, NPHC orgs show their love and support to MCGLOs and LGLOs...and it's not one big "hate fest" going on.

Also IFC groups I know for sure have line names (I have Lambda Chi Alphas, AEPis, and Sigma Chis as friends)...and get jerseys or shirts with those names on them. NPC groups have handsigns (although I think some are unofficial...but they still have them). My sorority also calls the steps in the recruitment process rush, bid, pledge, initiation, induction (along the lines of NPC) and we do not have a probate. On the individual chapter level our sisters can step...stroll...whatever. But our National Headquarters does not organize a "national" or even "regional" step team.

I understand it is pretty easy to generalize and put up comparisons; but we are new groups (most of us are less than 25 years old) and we pretty much deserve the opportunity to do our own thing without the NPC/IFC/NPHC being held up to us as measuring sticks.

Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE (Post 1658286)

- How exactly are you all doing "your own thing" if, as far as customs and traditions go, you're not bringing anything new to the table?

Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE (Post 1658286)

- And no, the IFC doesn't have "line names." They're called nicknames or pledge names, depending on what region you're from. And they have been around for a while now, not the past few years or the past decade.

Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE (Post 1658286)

I just wanted to add my 2 cents....

- YES, people WILL compare your newer orgs with the older ones, especially when most, if not all, your traditions are "borrowed" from the NPHC.

- And no, the IFC doesn't have "line names." They're called nicknames or pledge names, depending on what region you're from. And they have been around for a while now, not the past few years or the past decade.

- How exactly are you all doing "your own thing" if, as far as customs and traditions go, you're not bringing anything new to the table?

Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1658359)

He is right about the fact that NIC groups and NPC groups have pledge class names and nicknames. They are not "line names" as those groups don't have "lines."

Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1658362)

^^^Ehhhh....... if you have line-ups, you have a pledge line, even if you don't call it that or order them by height.

If you sat in a circle, made crafts, and got gifts for four weeks, then yeah, you didn't have a line. (No shade, seriously)

Originally Posted by Senusret I (Post 1658362)

(No shade, seriously)

Originally Posted by Ch2tf (Post 1658325)

I think you should tread a tad bit more lightly.
1) It has been evidenced in previous threads that your general MCGLO and LGLO knowledge are limited to your campus (which btw based on what you have posted previously does not reflect said organizations nationally)

2) to equate the traditions that you see (or choose to see) as being the only traditions that said organizations have is a very limited scope. I suggest you take the time to learn more about non-NIC organizations before you start making blanket statements like those above.