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Originally posted by James
Yes, but not all of that is necessary Tom. Greeks have no obligation to justify the worth of their existance . . except to themselves.
They certainly don't need to prove themselves to administrators.
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I think that in one sense, we do. We put out there publicly that ABC is devoted to "these certain values." We sell that in recruitment. Therefore, we do have to "prove" that we're living up to those values we said we would. If we don't, then the organization's worth is diminished in the eyes of the very community that our organization has chosen to be a part of (the college campus).
And I'm also going to disagree with what Rudey said about deferred recruitment ("Because all orgs should be able to make those decisions independently of an administration"). We (organizations) exist on college campuses
by the willingness of the host institution. Our organizations have it written in their governing documents that chapters will only be opened on college campuses (with the exception of alumni chapters). Since we've chosen to operate only on college campuses, the organizations cannot operate totally seperate from the college administration. It's a partnership by choice. (Notice, however, that I'm not saying that the administration should dictate every single thing the orgs do...nor should the orgs dictate everything the administration does in regards to student organizations.
Partnership is the ideal situation). There are some campuses where deferred recruitment is the best decision...there are some campuses where it's not the best decision.
It sucks when any authority figure (administration or HQ) comes along and says "Do this because I said so." I understand CU Greek's reactions to this. I'd rather have everyone come to the table and say "Here's the problem. What you've been doing in the past isn't workig anymore. We've got to come up with a different solution." And then come up with a different solution. This is why I always tell Greeks to figure out how to change things before it's figured out for you. Because it will be figured out for you, and if you don't step up and do something about it first, you may not have a chance to complain about the outcome.
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