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Originally posted by Love_Spell_6
What's better,,,,,,,hold on to undergrad chapters...........or hold on to the Sorority??? 
It would also be more helpful if people could give suggestions instead of just critiscizing what is being said.
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Neither is "better." When I crossed undergrad, my letters looked exactly the same as the letters worn by members of the local alumnae chapter. the letters collegiates wear now are exactly the same as the one I wear now as an alumnae member. Nowhere on those three lovely symbols is there a distinction between alumnae & collegiate. We need to be in this together. If not, division, not hazing lawsuits, will be the death of us.
Granted, one HEARS about hazing incidents involving collegiates more than one HEARS about hazing incidents involving alumnae. But is that really the case? It's kinda like saving an injured limb. I'm not going to cut off my leg just because it's broken in several places. I'm going to have surgery to put pins in it for STRENGTH and SUPPORT for the bone which is the foundation of all that allows me to use my legs to walk, run, skip & step
. I'm going to put a cast on it for STABILITY while it heals. In a few months when the cast comes off, I'm not going to be able to walk on it like I used to because the muscles will be weak. So I need to do therapy to FURTHER STRENGTHEN that leg so I can do all that I used to do with it before it was broken. True enough, if I cut off my leg it's not broken anymore. But at the same time, I don't have my leg. I can't walk like i want to, I can't run like I used to. I'll have difficulty going about my business of being me.
The processes that are in place now have been as such for roughly 12 years and (caps for emphasis) IN MY OPINION, we haven't done everything we can to resolve this ORGANIZATIONAL issue. We have a way to go before we get to the point of disbanding undergraduate chapters. Changing member mentality about the "respect" given those who "pledged" is a start. Getting rid of this condescending alumnae v. collegiate mentality is another. That's all I'm going to say because my views on this topic and how it relates to Delta are not appropriate for a public message board.
No one is criticizing what anyone has to say. Part of any healthy discussion, like this one, is the expression opposing views. Some of them are given to get the participants to consider a different point of view.
Remember, not all conflict is bad. Without conflict, there is no struggle. Without struggle, there is no progress.