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Originally Posted by PhiMu_Gator
that's what I meant, there are so many NPC, NPHC, IFC, professional orgs, interests orgs, all greek letter orgs that it seems a little crazy to be creating brand new ones all the time. all of the ones currently have many years of tradition (especially npc, ifc, and some pro groups) so why continue creating so many new ones? to me, the point of joining an org is to give something back to them and get something out of it as well. you're supposed to make it your own and mold it into the best experience you could possibly have. if you can't find your "niche" maybe greek life isn't what you expected, but there are still many ways to create a niche in your org or join some other org. I just feel we're a little "if it's not exactly what we want, then we'll just make our own!" crazy. =) I'm for joining pre-existing orgs because each one is different but let's face it, if you are going out to join a social sorority, then you have to be ready too meet those expectations like being social, outgoing, attending public events like greek week and philanthropies. if you're more interested in something academic, there are plenty of honor societies out there or honor frats.
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My local is my only access to an organization that makes me feel comfortable. And as stated in previous posts, we'll see how many of these newer orgs will be able to stand the test of time. There's so many personal reasons as to why people begin new groups. But I think it relates to more than just greek life. In general, some people find "new" to be of more interest.
Example, while many people choose to stick to a a daily exercise regime and healthy eating to stay in shape, more and more "doctors" are producing new methods, pills, patches, and equpiment that all could have similar results. We know of weight watchers, and slimfast, but what about jenny craig and others? People continue to create while there already exists a number of programs that have been scinetifically proven to be effective. Not even just living healthy, this "new is needed" is diplayed in other areas of life. The production of "new" shopping stores, they all sell the same things, so why are we seeing so many new store fronts opening up?
My point is, though there exists 'older' orgs with strong effective memberships, many people still choose to create something new, because there are people out there who believe there needs to be something else. Some founders were previous members of other organizations, just because they couldnt make their experience in the former group more appealing to them, shouldnt mean that they are forced to change things from within. It could be difficult to change years of tradition. But very easy to say "enough is enough, im out of ABC and im creating ABD, where we wont do this, but we'll do that"
these newer orgs arent a representation of what 'we couldnt have' but a representation of 'what we really want'