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Originally Posted by sasquatch
Well see, that's another thing. And I'm opening up a WHOLE new can of worms here and a LOT of people aren't going to like it. This mainly just goes for fraternities. Less so for sororities, but still does go on to some degree. Honestly, I don't consider our chapter at Northwest Central South Dakota State (just made that up, but you get the point) my brothers and I don't know anyone in my chapter who does. And it's not because they're from the North, it's because we don't know them. There is a chapter of my fraternity at another campus 5 miles away and we do not consider them our brothers. I think this is just an example of chapters at SEC schools being very independent of Nationals in most cases. I know most other fraternities at my school feel the same way. I hear some people on here talk about not doing something because nationals says they can't, etc and that's completely foreign to me.
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This is a little sad to me, but I know that for some chapters it's true.
What I don't understand is why you all stay tied to the national group? Do you think you're carrying on the real traditions of the founders and it's the other chapters and that the overly PC folks and overly concerned about liability folks at the national level who have gone astray?
If I didn't really value the national sisterhood, I think I'd just want to be a local, not share the national traditions and symbols but ignore the bond. Can you explain?