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If ditching your national organization because you don't like what you're paying for is ok for someone, so be it. It isn't with me. As a member of my sorority, I took an oath of sisterhood for a lifetime. It isn't sisterhood in the exact manner in which I want it, when I want it, and what I want to pay for it. Maybe a bit more transparency from the national organization and for the local women could've helped, but I don't think it would. The locals at Dartmouth are cheering and welcoming them with open arms.

It appears that some women don't like the oversight provided by being in a national organization. Kappa Alpha Theta went local Epsilon Kappa Theta in 1992. They have their own recruitment that consists of 2 events, each a 3 hour party where you come and hang out as long as you like. They also celebrate Independence Day from their national. Kappa Delta Epsilon has always been a local sorority, and Sigma Delta is what used to be Sigma Kappa, but they went Sigma Delta because "Sisters and alumnae felt there were irreconcilable differences between the Dartmouth chapter and Sigma Kappa National, specifically religion in rituals and an emphasis on men in National songs and overall attitudes." (per their website).

And looking at the recruitment numbers, the two locals (SD and KDE) who participate in formal recruitment do just as well as the national organizations. So it doesn't appear that there's an issue selling the national experience to women over the local and vice versa. Total remains at 120, and all of the groups are over.