[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by MikeEllis

My, but you people love your acronyms!

NIC - "The North-American Interfraternity Conference (or NIC), (formerly known as the National Interfraternity Conference) is an association of 74 collegiate men's fraternities "

Just an additional note: At the campus-level, the equivalent is (usually) the IFC -- Inter-Fraternity Council. Chapters of NIC fraternities will typically belong to the campus IFC, but chapters of non-NIC fraternities might also belong to IFC.

NPHC - "The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities. "

Also known as The Divine Nine.

I though at first, based on the way some people mentioned these things, that a university would have houses from only one of these organizations, but after some research I know that's not true. At my own school, we had house affiliated with NIC, NPC, and NPHC.

Right, but just a nit to pick -- using "house" for "chapter" is a colloquialism. One hears it on some campuses, but not on others. Not all chapters have houses, even at some very Greek schools. They might have halls/floors in dorms. They might have lodges. They might not have dedicated housing of any kind. As a general rule, houses are more common in NIC and NPC orgs.

I'm guessing now that this is relevant mostly because each organization has different rules regarding recruitment, daily operations, etc. This won't help me determine how things are done at Fictional University, but it will help in writing about what goes on within the fictional fraternity.

FYI, I think you'll find the NIC doesn't set rules for rush/recruitment like the NPC does. That sort of thing is more likely to be set by the campus IFC. As for things like daily operations, that would be set a fraternity or sorority's national office and/or national governing bady, not by an umbrella organization like the NIC.

SEC - Again, nothing specific found, but I would guess it to be South Eastern Conference. If so and if I "can't write in a tiny Greek system," then I'm guessing that all South Eastern Conference universities have a large Green system. Did I guess correctly?

You did.