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I think those who are not intimately involved with NPC and NIC organizations tend to have a lot of stereotypes associated with them, simply because there is such an inaccurate portrayal of them in the media. Whenever there's a television show/book/movie that involves NPC or NIC rush, there is never a mention made of anything beyond the collegiate experience. Obviously, anybody who's paying attention to this board can see that this is dead wrong -- this board is FILLED with alumni who are still active in their respective NPC or NIC organizations.
I think that part of this misrepresentation is because historically, there wasn't so much emphasis on "being a member for life." However, this is rapidly changing. These days NIC and NPC groups are putting more and more emphasis on the alumni experience, on being involved after college. My sorority, for example, has more than twice as many alumnae chapters than it has collegiate chapters. If none of the members were involved after college, this would not be the case.
Now obviously the level of post-collegiate involvement is not the same as that of the NPHC organizations. But for anyone to say that being an NPC or NIC member is not for life is both very wrong and very disrespectful to the millions of NPC and NIC alumni who are still involved in their organizations.
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