equeen,
as an SAI, i think i can answer this question from the "special interest" category.
my chapter was re-founded after being inactive in 1996. the founding sisters really didn't take the time to get to know the other greeks on my campus, but once my pledge class came in, we had more of a holistic view of greek life and what we wanted out of it. my girls and i have been working very hard to become part of the "social greek" community. just because our members revolve around music doesn't mean that we can't join our fellow greeks as well and be treated equally. we're still climbing that mountain of equality right now, but it's getting much better. there have been fraternities that have invited us to do socials with them because they're curious as to who we are and what we stand for. i can honestly say that the bigger we get, the better responses we're getting from the campus. basically, we're just trying to get our name out there again, show people our talents and assets and get more involved.
as for general fraternity education, we've started with this last pledge class, getting our pledges and pledges from different fraternities and sororities to do things with each other, such as eating dinner, throwing a party, putting together a philanthropy, things like that. we as sisters try to educate our pledges as much as we can about the ideals of the other greek chapters on our campus. we're still trying to think of new ways for that part of fraternity education, so if anyone has ideas, i'd love to hear them as well.
equeen, i hope this helps a bit. let me know!
etienne
sigma alpha iota-the hartt school of music
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"red is the color of music and has been since the very earliest of times. the caps of faeries and musicians are well-nigh always red."~*~w.b.yeats
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