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Originally posted by doubleblue&gold
What difference does it make and why do you care so much?
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Just putting and pasting from earlier in this discussion:
It actually doesn't matter what the socials think. It matters what the campus individuals think. The problem is that there is more social members on campus than there are service members.
They have created their label and any associated organization as being "Greek". They have given themselves a name, and created the mystique that all else is not-them, there term "not-Greek". However this is: (The labeling of others in a condesending way.) So you can choose to be labeled and accept your title or you can label yourself.
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Originally posted by MTSUGURL
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"Here's the only thing about being considered "nonGreek" - we're shunned by the other sororities on our campus, ( not by every member, and I don't mean for this to be insulting, but it's true), and I've heard the comment several times, "Why did you join them? Don't you know they're not a real sorority?"
As a greek and a service/independent greek you may not understand what a person who is only a service/independent greek goes through. We only care about the comments about us going to other potential members. And when it is of a negative nature it does affect your ability to recruit.
I think when someone mentions the other social organization they are in within an Alpha Phi Omega function or meduim it is just like recruiting internally. Like your location statement being Alpha Xi Delta. If you are supporting both equally then you would have both of them mentioned or none at all.