And another resolution:

Statement of Position Regarding Little Sister Groups

The North-American Interfraternity Conference believes sororities and women's fraternities offer excellent opportunities for women to share a fraternal experience and that auxiliary women's groups organized by some men's fraternity chapters, commonly referred to as "little sisters," are inconsistent with the concept and philosophy of separate and equal women's fraternities. The Conference joins the Fraternity Executives Association and several member fraternities in strongly discouraging "little sister" groups as inappropriate adjuncts to the collegiate chapters of men's fraternities. One of the Standards of the NIC calls for member fraternities to work with their chapters to eliminate these programs.

Still says they have the RIGHT to be single gender not that they must be single gender.

ETA: Vito should know since several Psi U chapters are co-ed, Kappa Alpha Society had co-Ed chapters until 2003 and Delta Psi also has co-ed chapters.

The issue was whether having members of more than one gender would impact their Title IX rights. It does. So if they don't care about that, then fine. But NPC groups do care about that. NPC does not want to be required to have male members - hence TWO Unanimous Agreements addressing that question. And one has to invoke a "right" in order to maintain that membership requirement. Hence, NIC's resolution wording. Perhaps there are a few that don't care about Title IX issues but NIC would prefer that their membership maintain single sex status - like NPC and NPHC.

^^ You're reading it with your NPC glasses. NIC doesn't regulate its members the way NPC does. It's more "We stand behind you all because each of you do things to protect your Title IX status" rather than "You better not let women in or else you're out!"

That's exactly how I'm reading it. It doesn't sound anything like a unanimous agreement a la NPC. Just bc you can find a phrase from the NIC containing the words Title IX and rights doesn't mean that they are enforcing an agreement or a ban. Shoot, the NPC doesn't regulate EVERYTHING we do either...we do have some autonomy.

Replace
"NIC doesn't regulate its members the way NPC does"
with
"The United States Military doesn't regulate its members the way NPC does".
:D

IMO, IFC rush on a campus wouldn't be changed all *that* much if there chapters of NIC fraternities that allowed women.
OTOH, *HOW* much would rush change at an SEC school if one or two of the NPC sororities allowed men as members? The mind *boggles*.:eek:

OMG!