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Originally posted by KappaStargirl
Anne Marie, I don't think you sound corny at all. I think the same thing is happening at your school that's happening at mine: The Sinfonians and the SAI's have formals and parties and things, but God forbid they should be associated with the social GLO's. Women join SAI as the "anti-sorority" and believe that they stand on a higher ground because SAI was founded on different principles. I wish the SAI chapter at my school had had more respect for the NPC groups, but the fact is that they don't and they're losing a lot of their members because of it. BTW, the NPC groups are NOT hypocritical about this, my SAI membership was encouraged by Kappa and no one in Kappa ever thought me to be a lesser sister because of it. SAI is respected on campus by Panhel, which is strange considering the circumstances.
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I just wanted to third that...This has happened at my school and I had to continually say "Hello! You think I am normal and I am a member of an NPC group!" and they would say "Oh, but you're different. You're not like the REST of them..." Yeah right. They want to do the same things and then they complain that they can't afford it while at the same time badmouthing the NPC groups because their dues are expensive (hello, we do more stuff, of course it costs more). I would say that my SAI experience also left something to be desired. Of course that is NOT to say that SAI is a bad organization because I love SAI and I think that it is a very important group and nationally a very positive thing for musicians and those who support music. I just wish that the chapters that have the wrong attitude would wake up and smell the coffee.