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Old 05-12-2007, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by irishpipes View Post
This has been discussed a lot before. Basically the conventional wisdom is that sometimes PNMs would rather not be greek at all than pledge a particular group. A new group may not have whatever stigma is attached to the struggling one.
Another line of thought has been that a colonization will bring girls to recruitment who never seriously thought about it before. A group of the new pool of PNMs may consider joining the smaller chapters and help them grow.

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Originally Posted by LXA SE285 View Post
I think instead of competing head-on with the other NPC groups, they're trying to reinvent themselves as an alternative for women who may be looking for a smaller group.
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Originally Posted by 33girl View Post
That's what I was going to say, and from what I gathered, SDT nationals is cool with this. (which makes them a big bowl of awesome IMO)
I totally agree. SDT Nationals gets a lot of points for being willing to buck the system.