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Originally Posted by AChiOhSnap
My school's chapter functioned more as an honor society for band (e.g. no real "pledge" process in the way you think of a social fraternity pledge process, no calls or hand signs, the only social events were generally fundraisers, no jackets/bags/paraphernalia -- the only KKPsi stuff I ever saw was a hoodie and a car sticker) while the other college's chapter seemed far more "cohesive" in the way you might think of an NPHC or NIC fraternity... they had pledge classes/lines, calls, hand signs, handshakes, they threw social parties, etc. Now whether or not you want to differentiate between the two being "Greek" is a whole separate issue, but I think those differences are what Centennial was getting at.
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It totally depends on the campus, and what the members want to make of the group. We had socials, "unofficial" functions, and there were more than a few conversations figuring out how to "secure a house" for our chapter. (I don't think HQ officially does this.) We have lineages, I got to see many lines branch as we went from 20-some to 60-some members in two years, which was cool. (That put us as larger than maybe 50% the social fraternities on campus.) We have shirts, bumper stickers, lavalieres, and other paraphernalia. Everyone wore their KKY or TBS bar on their MB uniform. Each NM class does a service project, which each class picks for themselves, which needs to be completed before initiation. Were were more cohesive than once-a-week meetings plus service functions... maybe something to do with the majority of members being from the marching band?
I wouldn't know how it would compare to NPHC or NIC, but it was tighter than other groups on campus I had been a part of.
And as far as whether or not the chapter thinks of themselves as Greek
I saw they got shirts after I graduated that had:
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