Wow! I just can't get over how anti-social the professional/service orgs at some of your schools are! At my school it seemed like we (the music orgs) would have socials a couple times a month, whether it be just an internal thing or with other organizations. I guess it really does vary from school to school, though.

As far as crossing territories... I think a lot of times service or professional orgs are pigeon-holed. For example, I am a member of a music sorority (Delta Omicron) but I wasn't a music major or minor.... I just liked music, and our rush came before the Formal Rush for the NPC sororities on our campus, and from then on I was not permitted to Rush another sorority on my campus because of our by-laws, something I desperately wanted to do. But whenever we tried to participate in a philanthropy that wasn't related to music, we'd get shot down for trying to do something that only "real greeks" were supposed to do. Very frustrating. Simply because we have mention of music in our founding, that's the only thing we're capable of doing? It just doesn't seem right.

Sorry, I'm ranting a bit... I know it's a local problem, but I would like to see it prevented at other campuses.....