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Originally Posted by ChildoftheHorn
Well,
IDK if anyone else has seen Sheryl Underwood's comedy special for Starz..
She does a whole thing towards teh end of her show where she gives a shout-out to all the BGLO's and makes a point that she is a MADE "ZPhi" and not an honorary. I think that her views on it are more evident.
Personally, I think that honoraries are a good thing for a very small and very select membership. I know that one more recent initiate is the author of "Why I wore Lipstick to my Mastectomy". In her case, I encourage it. The org had been working with her for years and she was already treated that way without being official. As far as I have heard, they still have to pass the same things that the college members do. Its really just a situation of making it official in most cases as far as I know.
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I think it depends on the organization also and how they feel about it. In my org for example, we see honoraries as simply sorors like everyone else and the only time their honorary status is mentioned, is when we are talking about how the person came into the organization; undergrad, alumni, or honorary. But we don't normally refer to these members as honoraries to make any distinction between them and us. I also know that our honorary members are encouraged to get involved and stay involved just like the rest of us. So when we ask them to join, we actually expect them to join their nearest alumni chapter and get involved. The nearest alumni chapter or chapters in their residential area are also usually present at their induction.