I think if there's any hesitation to allow you to join Panhellenic it is this: local sororities are not held to inter/national standards. Therefore, if there should be an incident of any kind, whether hazing or risk management related or something else, it falls on the school to do something, not the inter/national organization who usually steps in to deal with the situation directly. Sometimes an incident like this where the school is forced to take action can breed anti-Greek sentiment among the administration. This can lead to them cracking down on Panhellenic or disbanding them all together. Maybe this is another angle to approach things from -- what can you do to ensure Panhellenic that you are going to hold yourselves to standards above and beyond what is expected from NPC sororities? If you can reassure them of this, they may be more open to letting you join. How exactly you go about that, I can't tell you, but it's just a thought.
