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Originally Posted by Graphola
Fraternities and sororities are one and the same- it's just that the word "sorority" applies specifically to a women's fraternal order.
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Not all women's fraternal orders are sororities. Some are fraternities.
Since she wants to start a local, the issue is not whether there is some general feraternity/sorority requirement somewhere requiring affiliation with the college. There are no general "laws" about it, and she doesn't have the requirements of any specific inter/national GLO to worry about. (Her statement that fraternities do not have to be recognized seems to be based on the fact there is an unrecognized local at her college. It is certainly not a general rule. Some fraternities will allow chapters to exist without school recognition; others, including mine, will not.)
So, the questions becomes specific to her, her college and the group she wants to start:
- Does she want her organization to be recognized by the college so that the sorority can take advantage of college resources, such as meeting spaces or means of communication?
- Would her college be willing to recognize her sorority as a student organization?
- Is the culture of her college such that lack of recognition would hinder attracting members?
- If her college is private and not public, does it have any rules that might result in disciplinary action for students who join an unrecognized sorority?
She's in the best position to answer these questions for herself.