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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
My guess would be that the D9 would automatically turn away any member of an NIC fraternity.
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Four of the five NPHC fraternities (Alpha Phi Alpha, Iota Phi Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, and Phi Beta Sigma) are also members of the NIC. Under NIC Standards or By-Laws (forget which), these four would not be able to initiate a man unless the man requested - and was granted - a release from his current (first) NIC fraternity.
However, just cause you can do so (request and be granted a release), does not mean that you will be able to join.
As noted, the second organization might not allow someone who was previously initiated in *any* other social fraternity - regardless if it is NPHC, NIC/IFC/FLA, NAPAPA, NALFO, NMGC or an independent/local chapter - to join. And even if a fraternity's laws allows it, campus culture might be such that a specific chapter would not.