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Originally Posted by macallan25
I dunno. I also wonder what the reason was for band groups and service organizations to fall under Greek letter organizations. Neither fall under general fraternity or sorority types to me.
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Of course they aren't just "general" fraternities/sororities. Groups such as KKPsi and TBS (band) and GSS, APhiO, and OPhiA (service) serve specific purposes in addition to being fraternities and sororities. They aren't intended to be general purpose, and as far as I've seen, none of us have any desire to be. It isn't the point of our organizations.
I don't know anything about honor societies; none exists for my major so I never joined one. However, from my (limited) observations of these groups on my campus, they did not seem to be as involved as the fraternities and sororities I've mentioned above. IE, they would hold chapter meetings and perhaps host a few events per year related to whatever they were an honor society of, but nothing beyond that. Whereas other groups (KKPsi, TBS, GSS, APhiO, OPhiA, AKPsi (business), AOE (engineering sorority), etc.) have chosen to function as full-fledged fraternities and sororities for their specific areas, holding a full schedule of events relating to their purposes, placing emphasis on ritual, adding in social events, etc.
I don't know that there is a set rule as to what kinds of non-social groups tend this way and which tend the other, but it does seem that service and band groups have a propensity for the one way. Nothing wrong with that
