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Beta Sigma Phi is an international sorority and is considered non-collegiate. You can be a member of both, though I dont know why you would want to or have time to do both while in college. I joined BSP after college when I realized my NPC local alumnae chapter here wasnt going to be a good fit for me with what I was seeking at the time. Many of our (BSP) members are members of NPC groups, but most BSP's are not members of NPC's, thus they dont understand how NPC's operate.
Beta Sigma Phi is trying very hard to grow it's member base. One of the ways they are suggesting this is to recruit college aged women because they will hopefully provide longevity to the membership base which is getting top heavy age wise. This is why you will find BSP chapters on some college campuses, though they are few. While I agree that recruiting women from this age group is necessary to the strength and survival of Beta Sigma Phi, I as a member of both BSP and an NPC sorority, do not condone the method that this particular friendly venture (the name we have for forming chapters) is using. Going head to head with NPC sororities in this manner I think would be disasterous for BSP.
Having said the above, they should be lumped in the classification group of "service sororities." They should not be treated as a local sorority because they are not. They should not join a college panhellenic because they are not NPC, will never join the NPC, and do not/will not recruit like the NPC.
I will not comment further since I dont know the campus, campus climate, or the whole story of what is going on.
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