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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

There is nothing saying you are not right.

But why isnt there more HBGLOs on Camupuses?

With the presence there, would it not give the chance to join a HBGLO? If it or they isn't there, then it doesn't does it?

My School has one only HBGLO, while I was there, it had four, two Male and two Female, now, only one Fraternity.

So, I want to know why is that?

Whose fault is it?

The fact is that at PWIs (yes, I said it) the overall population of Blacks tends to be small, esp at private colleges. The percentage of that population that is even interested will be smaller, the percentage that qualify will be smaller still, the percentage that apply will be smaller than that, then the percentage that will actually cross/join will be even smaller. This already small population to begin with leads to small chapters. That being said, there are membership minimums that must be met in order to sustain a chapter. Often times these minimums are not sustainable.

In addition, as previously mentioned, the majority of us in NPHC orgs know which organization we want to join BEFORE rush (sometimes are early as middle school). With our orgs, as a general practice, we don't just join whichever one gives us a 'bid'. It is frowned upon to actively pursue more than one NPHC org; I am not saying it happens, but it can reflect badly on an interest. So if I want to join Delta but there is no Delta chapter on campus, I would not join AKA just because they are on campus, I will wait for Delta even if it means joining an alumnae chapter. So you take that population of interests mentioned above and whittle it even further to exclude those whose org of choice is not on campus (not chartered, died out, suspended, etc.) then you have an even smaller population still.

Now take California and Proposition 29 which dramatically decreased the already small number of Blacks in the public university system and the target population is small to begin with.

Here are some examples for those who need the visual:

- PWI University has a population of 1000 students, 7% of which are Black and 10% of which are other minority (Hispanic, Asian, etc.) leaving 83% Caucasian (hence the PWI categorization).

830 Caucasians
70 Blacks
100 other minorities

- There are 5 NIC fraternities, 3 NPC sororities, 2 NPHC frats and 2 NPHC sororities.

- Lets take a raw percentage of 40% of students are interested in Greek Life, or 200 of the total. Lets apply this percentage to each ethnic group: 332 Caucasians, 28 Blacks, 40 other minorities.

- Of those interested, only 60% of them have the GPA. Leaving 199 Caucasians, 17 Blacks and 24 other minorities.

Even though I can whittle down further, lets stop here. So you have 199 Caucasians or an avg of 25 members per org (NPC and IFC combined) and 17 Black or an average of 4 members per org (all NPHC orgs). Lets allocate 80% of the other minorities to NPC/IFC orgs and 20% to NPHC orgs, then we have 218 in NPC/IFC orgs or an avg of 27 members and 23 in NPHC orgs or an avg of 6 members.

Not taking into account those who will apply and be rejected or those who will join an org other than their predominant racial category, NPC/IFC orgs are almost five times as large on average! If you throw in multicultural orgs, the Black population joining NPHC orgs gets smaller still.

Disclaimer: The above numbers were derived from a real life situation.


I say all that to say that it is a numbers game.