Ok, so I've been dying to reply to this topic for a loooong time!
SAI, I believe (correct if I'm wrong, ladies), is registered with the government as a social fraternity for women, as well. Wouldn't we have to be? Maybe something came up on the listserve a while ago about this? Either way, we would have to be registered as "social" to be exempt from the fact that we do not allow men to join.
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Originally posted by Mystic Cat32
Orchid2,
We are currently making advances at the National Level to become members of the NIC. Additionally, we're registered with the US Government as an official "Social" fraternity. We are not limited to music majors nor minors. We have brothers in all walks of life. Fraternally, Mystic Cat32
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SAI also is not limited to music majors or minors. One of the qualifications to be a member is to have a "sincere interest in music." At one time, we had a sister in our chapter who used to play an instrument but at the collegiate level, was in colorguard. As far as all that goes, we only require that a person must have had one music class (band, history, etc.) to join.
My chapter (that I will be going back to in the spring!) does have big and little sisters. We wear letters on campus, we do service projects, we do fundraising projects, we have social events with Phi Mu Alpha . . . Just like with every GLO, our letters mean something. I guess you could also (kinda) categorize us with the men-folk in saying that we are like AGR or Farmhouse or even Phi Mu Alpha.
I do agree with sairose, though, when she said she felt like the other social glo's at her school do not feel SAI's are "really Greek." We do want to get involved on campus (at least my chapter does) and, for the most part, we do want the same type of recognition that social glo's get. Granted, there are some girls who say they join because "it's the non-sorority sorority." But we are still proud of our letters and proud of everything SAI stands for.
In saying all of this, I would like to add that I'm not trying to offend anyone or attack anyone. Three of my SAI sisters are in a social GLO. I, myself, was going to join a social GLO but there was a huge mix-up with my transfer status and, well, it just didn't work out. We love all of our sisters dearly ... may not always agree with them, but that's ok! ANYWAY!, please don't take offense to my post; those are just my feelings on SAI and that's all!
