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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
 Okay. It read like you were trying to say "we know the NPHC influence on stuff but we don't do it because NPHC does it and it's cool, we do it because we respect our history." |
To clarify, I was saying that younger orgs adopt NPHC (and non-NPHC traditions), but make them their own so that they are relevant. I took issue with the comment that we think it's "cool" and that's why we do it when, in fact, we do it because we recognize and appreciate the history and wish to emulate the positives while connecting to the historical stream of Greek Life. We contextualize the traditions for our own organizations to carry them out in unique ways as well as building our own traditions.
As has been noted elsewhere, many NPHC (and non-NPHC) traditions were borrowed from predecessors, but the traditions were adapted to the organizations that took them on. Within Theta Nu Xi, we have women who were brought up in other Greek traditions. They bring that background to the table when they join, which is why you'll see an amalgamation of traditions that have been adopted from those who went before.