i've been lurking for a while, but i suppose it's about time to finally talk. :-)

i'm part of a local jewish GLO at CU boulder, and the reason that we're local is that with all the bad press CU has gotten (as i'm sure you're all aware of), they aren't looking to expand. we've been struggling for 2 years to change their minds, but it's not looking like it's going to happen any time soon.

we decided to go local so that there would be a jewish sorority on campus, even if it wasn't SDT or AEPhi like we wanted. we're still trying to be national, but this is just kind of a stepping stone for right now.

so i suppose that some peopls go local just for the fact that they can't find what they're specifially looking for in the national organizations on their campus. there's two (soon to be three) jewish fraternities on our campus, but no national jewish sororities.

and i just wanted to add that i've learned so much from reading the threads and posts on this website, i'm relatively still new to the greek world, and i'm trying to learn as much as i can before this new school year. so thanks for that. :-)

The very Best of Luck!:)

You are right CU is a snake pit whe it comes to Greeks.

Set Your Course and stay with it!

Only those of us who:

1) know what it means to have a heart and stick with something even if it means hard work and determination

and

2) aren't in a 2nd best organization that wasn't our first choice.


;) :) :cool: :p

Why would someone want to be in a local sorority?

Sisterhood
Scholarship
Service
Support
Networking

I think the question we're asking is, "why would someone want to join a sorority".

I joined a local because, well, aside from the NPHC groups, I didn't have an option. BUT! That being said, there's absolutely no way I could afford the dues of a national.

and as far as the "you get what you paid for" comment (:eek: btw), that's BS. Just because you pay a grand for prada shoes doesn't mean they're immune from dog crap. Lower dues mean we get sisters from all walks of life and economic backgrounds, these are QUALITY girls who probably couldn't fork over the hundreds of dollars a quarter and then initiation fee to join a national.

The local system is a breed apart. It's incredibly fun, incredibly unique, but most of all, it is authentic. It is just as authentic as a national sorority. Its lovely and laid back...none of this craziness about hundred thousand dolalr recruitment, matching dresses, and rules about having your legs crossed in letters. We've got sisterhood, and that, for me, is enough. And when you get letters from alumnae living abroad and letters from your 104 year old founder...yep, that rules.

It's not the letters, but the sisters wearing them...and my lovely, glorious sorority, is celebrating 85 years of sisterhood this year (well chuffed!).

**and the rest of our sororities are all 90+ years old this year!**

Wow drolefille. Thanks for starting this thread. I had wondered from time to time what members of national GLOs thought of members of local GLOs. Now I know that my sisters, my sorority, and my alumnae association are all "second best" and that my experience was "not for real." I must have imagined all of my chapter meetings, rituals, sister retreats, formals, fraternity exchanges, Derby Days, and Homecoming fun with fraternities.....

Thanks for the wake up call.

[QUOTE=Drolefille]I still just feel like you're missing out. Like it isn't real.

Then again, if all locals are like KLPDaisy's...[/QUOTE

Could this thread also be posted in the Local forum?

Locals are just as real as nationals. I'm truthfully shocked that we are having this discussion!!!!! The decision to go local instead of national (when national is an option) could have been made for a variety of reasons. The sisterhood/brotherhood is just as real! And in the end, the sisterhood/brotherhood was the real reason that we all joined anyway!!! It's really wrong to question how "real" someones sisterhood/brotherhood is!!! :mad:

I felt the same way when I read this post originally.

Isn't the point of any GLO to have sister/brotherhood? Who cares if you find your home in a local or national GLO? As long as you find it, and that's where you belong, then that's all that should matter.

And people should respect your decision, and be happy that you found your GLO, national or local.

Ok. We've had this locals vs. nationals debate a hundred times on GC. (See Similar Threads below.) This thread was started as a joke to give people something better than actually work during their work hours. Clearly some people got upset. (If I hadn't known that this wasn't a real thread, I would've gotten upset too.) I'm asking that a moderator please lock this thread before it gets out of hand.

Because like OMG EVERY local sorority girl just wants to be national, and we all haze, and its all second best like that. It's soo, like, fetch, OMG.

Thank you KLPDaisy for letting us know that this was not supposed to be taken seriously. I agree that this should be locked before it gets out of hand!