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Originally Posted by Low C Sharp
By what authority? I agree that the college PANHELLENIC (meaning the actives and their chapters) is bound by those rules, since the constituent GLOs have all agreed to follow the rules and could pull the charters of the chapters if they had wet rush. But if I'm the dean of students at the University of Michigan, and I decide to hire Jane Doe to be the Greek Advisor, then Jane Doe works for me and for the State of Michigan. Where would NPC get the power to control what Jane says? She has never agreed to follow their rules or be under their jurisdiction.
NPC has authority only to the extent that its constituent members agree in advance to cooperate and follow its rules. It has no power to control what outside players do. Note, for example, that a few years ago, the president of Princeton sent a letter to the whole freshman class saying that GLOs are bad and detrimental and urging students not to join them. I'm willing to bet that this went against some NPC policy. But NPC does not get to control what Princeton employees tell Princeton students about sorority recruitment.
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The Princeton case is apples and oranges. The Greek life office did NOT send out those letters, since there ISN'T a Greek life office at Princeton. None of the GLOs are recognized by the school (although they are recognized by their national headquarters). The school administration sent the letter. They're perfectly within their rights to do that (even if it is stupid).
And if Auburn or Alabama's president wants to send out a letter to the whole freshman class saying they need to get recs and send them in or they won't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting into a sorority, then that's their prerogative. The fact is, though, I really doubt the president or even student affairs director (or whatever their title is) of Auburn or Bama cares.
Plus, the Greek life director at the above named schools is most likely an NPC member herself. Therefore, she should be following NPC rules.