Well I think it is a little odd for a Latino/a organization to change their focus and go the multicultural route. It sort of makes the goals of the organization murky and unfocused. But being that many of these groups are relatively young in age (less than 30 years) perhaps they are just trying to "move with the times" or something. The college population in the late 70s and early 80s were dealing with different issues than college students deal with today. So I can understand why they would feel the need to present themselves differently. But overall, I think it's sad. Even though I am a member of a multicultural sorority, I recognize the need for more specific, ethnically-based groups. If it cuts down your recruitement pool; so what? In addition to the Latino/a organizations, I love the Native American organizations.. They seem to bring some really interesting concepts to the Greek community. And their recruitement pool is [I]really [I]small. So there's more to the equation than looking to appeal to as many people as possible.
