[jitterbug13]

I think it depends on the school. For smaller schools and/or those who may not have a lot of Greeks, it may be good. That way, they will benefit from recruitment, sharing ideas during council meetings, homecoming events, etc.

For a big school, like where I was at Univ. of SC, I wouldn't think that would work. With Greek life being so big and everyone competing for girls, I think that OPA would wind up loosing out on the end. One, because OPA is not like a lot of panhellic soroities in structure (especially in community service) and the other sororities may take advantage of that. And there maybe the case where OPA maybe not as big or as popular as the traditional sororities and girls who would probably enjoy being in OPA may be attractive to the "popular" ones.

In my experience, there is a benefit of not being a member of Panhell. You can be in two sororities. My friend is in DG and OPA. We also had a member who was also a Tri-Delta. Some wanted to be in a part of a sisterhood where there was more of a focus of community service and that's what drew them to us. Those who are members of NPHC sororities wanted to do more community service. All of them wanted to streach out and get an opportunity to do more in the communty and well as meet new people.