Let me clarify my clarification - 'cause I wasn't specific enough. I'm surprised any member of the NPC or member of what I guess you can call non-BGLO or multi-cultural fraternities isn't at least aware of other NPC members - in this case, I was responding to bowsandtoes. I wouldn't expect the BGLOs or multicultural groups to know the members of the NPC, or study them as a part of pledging or intake. Kudos to them if they did, or for those of you who have picked up information on GC. I've certainly learned a great deal about non-NPC sororities here - rule #1 - DON'T ASK ABOUT INTAKE.
And I was surprised when ladygreek said other NPHC groups don't study the other 8 - maybe I wasn't clear about that. Sorry if I sounded like I was criticizing NPHC groups for not knowing about NPC - that isn't what I meant to convey.
I realize that this has moved beyond the north/south thing - but to some extent it is emblematic of the problem. The world is much larger than just your town, and the Greek world is much larger than just your org ( or even your GLO's umbrella group). It's easy to assume that the way you and your campus "do it" is the right way, but the fact of the matter is that campuses and GLOs are able to meet a variety of different needs by virtue of their differences. GMTA, Legallybrunette.