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Originally Posted by als463
I know many people who don't consider locals to even be "real" sororities. I remember one of the girls in charge of our Panhellenic that made the comment that local sororities are just clubs with letters. If you are on a campus (like some campuses of Pitt) where there are only locals-I get why you would join a local. If you are on a campus with a couple of nationals-even if they aren't exactly #1 on campus or thriving-why would you go local? I never really wanted to join a local for that reason. When you say to people, "I'm an XYZ" and they look at you funny because they have never heard of it because it only exists on like ONE campus-that has suck (I can't find a better word for it-sorry) to some degree.
Thoughts?
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It makes me sad when people say things like "locals aren't even
real sororities" and in my opinion, it reflects far more poorly on the people making those statements than on people in local organizations.
As to why people choose locals over nationals, perhaps its for the same reason a lot of people choose national sororities...because they feel a genuine connection to the members and would like to form a sisterhood with those women.
While I agree that it is nice to have a national structure and national recognition, I'm not sure I'd say that it "has [to] suck...to some degree," to mention that you're a member of a local. Local organizations may have their own alumni associations and other ways of supporting members after college. Moreover, there are plenty of groups that exist on only one campus (Princeton, Yale, and Harvard all have groups that come to mind) that are quite influential, and certainly don't "suck."