I'm curious, which service sorority is it? I'm in Gamma Sigma Sigma Service Sorority myself and I know of a chapter that did participate in Greek Sing on that campus and I think they won. Are we talking about the same place?
I can only speak for my chapter, but we aren't allowed to participate in Greek Week at all and we have known that from day one-however we do participate in other greek-related events (Dance Marathon, Greek Explosion) if we're invited to.
As far as having pledges, we aren't CLOSELY monitored (not that we're hazing-we don't haze at all!!) but our advisor asks about us and how we're doing.
I have had that said to me before, that it seems as though Gamma Sig is trying to "have their cake and eat it too" kind of thing-we don't affiliate with any of the Greek councils, we don't pay the same dues, and we get school funding, and the greeks can't get money from the school. However we do have social events and participate as much as we can on campus. However, there are some things that Gamma Sig will NEVER get to have such as a suite on the greek floor on campus (we're way too small for houses-we're located downtown!) and really NEVER be viewed as a "real greek" organization. And while I'm proud that I'm a service greek, it's kind of not the same no matter how much we participate in with greeks-it's still easy to feel like an outsider.
Hope that cleared it up from my perspective!
In Service,
gamma_girl52
Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority
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