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Originally posted by LexiKD
33: Yes I think we are all allowed to have our own opinons. But I think if you take the responsibility to advise a chapter of your organization it does no good for that chapter or organization to voice your issues with the college members. You see, as advisors we should be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and sometimes that light may be a little off of what you deem 100% correct, but as a card caring member of that organization you must support the rules and regualtions and teach the members you chose to advise to do the same. I am not say thing that if you disagree then just live with it, but if you have a legitimate concern bring it up to someone who can start change not a college member who has to follow the rules...and cannot do much about it form their position...does that make sense?
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If I'm an advisor and a collegian says to me that they think (example) our everyone has to live in house policy sucks, I'm not going to say "well, that is the national policy, follow it and deal." I'm going to say "tell me your concerns, what effect it could have on the group overall, we have to follow it for now but we can try to change it." What good would I be as an advisor if I didn't try to help sisters grow as independent women and teach them to speak their minds? What good would I be if I swallowed any of my objections and sat there saying things I don't believe?
I'm very sorry if you believe that collegians "can't do much from their position" - that's not something any member of a Greek group should feel. Maybe the national officers and volunteers run the sorority, but the collegians are the ones maintaining, growing and financing it. If college chapters really hate something, and band together, the officers of the org have no choice but to listen. Most real change - the kind that actually changes cultures and lifestyles - starts at the bottom, not the top.