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Originally posted by KappaStargirl
I guess the question of whether SAI and other music GLO's are considered on the same plane as NPC, etc. groups varies from school to school with the attitudes of the members of both groups.
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I think you've got that in a nutshell, KappaStargirl. At least with
FMA, I know that some chapters like being the "anti-fraternity" so to speak, while many others want to be involved in Greek life in general. There does seem to be a trend of Sinfonia chapters joining their school's IFC, and from what I have heard, their experience has generally been positive, both in terms of involvement and of recruitment.
Some of this situation may be fostered by the fact that students in many music schools/departments tend, for a variety of reasons, to be "a world unto themselves" in lots of ways. On the other hand, there are
FMA chapters without a single music major in them.
It can get more complicated, too. At my school, some of the members of
MFE liked portray themselves as the "anti-Sinfonia" alternative because they, unlike us, were co-ed. Some took special pleasure in pledging a guy (which they only did a few times) because it seemed to be a way of saying we were too "social," too much like "other fraternities" (which we didn't have a problem with anyway). Go figure.
BTW, kudos to Kappa! Mrs. MysticCat is one.
