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Originally Posted by 33girl
I don't think the social activities are the issue - if you mean mixers, date parties etc - it seems to me that sororities and fraternities these days have LESS of these activities, not more.
Our groups might have evolved in some ways that are beneficial (such as removing exclusionary clauses based on race and religion) but I'd hate to think the purposes our founders had are being changed and diluted to make GLOs more politically correct and palatable to college administrators.
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I agree, there's probably less chapter sponsored socials...
but the original question was why are PNMs and new initiates surprised to find out there's more to our orgs than just partying and being showered with gifts?
..I wasn't thinking that our "core values" have been "changed" or "diluted" to please the palate of college administrators (I had a different audience in mind!) but you bring up an interesting point.
and don't get me wrong...I think our orgs have to evolve to remain relevant. Otherwise we'd be having orations, literary or music recitals at our meetings, as they did in the 1870s. eek! The challenge is to retain the founding principles and incorporate them into programming that is meaningful today.