[Honeykiss1974]

If you take out the community service aspect of BGLOs (because as many BGLO members and non members say - you do not have to join a BGLO to do community service), I think the folowing may have something to do with it:

In our community in general (and think on all socio-economic levels and not just what you're familiar with) many of today's students are probably the first in their family to go to college, so they probably feel a lot of pressure to succeed and do well. Therefore (and most likely based on what they have HEARD that a person has to go through to join a BGLO) they may not want to jepardize their GPA or major in order to join.

Also, some students have not been exposed BGLO members or chapters so therefore they probably do not see the impact or significance of joining a BGLO in today's world. Yes, they have heard about what BGLOs have done on a national scale in the past, but what about today as a whole? Now add that perception on top of all the rumours, heresay, and events that DO get national attention (i.e. hazing, etc.) some students and their families just to not see the benefits of joining.

And finally, I suspect that today's AA student are probably concentrating more on succeeding in the same ways/terms that their white counterparts have been succeeding since day one (collegiate connections that will benefit them in the future in terms of internships, job hook-ups, etc.). They may feel that BGLOs don't offer these types of benefits.

This is a good question. Maybe more non-members will chime in on why they didn't join in undergrad (besides the fact that there was no chapter or an inactive chapter on campus). This may shed some light on this question as well.