Quote:
Originally posted by AOIIalum
I know that SAI is a fellow greek organization, but (and I may offend every SAI, Sinfonian, DO, and so forth members) there is a difference between historically social NPC GLO membership and your organizations.
|
I'm not offended, AOIIalum. We are somewhat different, which has its pluses and its minuses.
However, I will repeat what I have put on these boards before. (Those folks, and there are probably lots of them
, who are sick of hearing this from me are welcome to skip to the next post.)
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, both in terms of history and the present-day, is a social fraternity. We were founded as a social fraternity. It was not until the mid-20th century that we began to move in the direction of being a professional fraternity, finally "finishing" that move in the late 60s and early 70s. In the mid-1980s, we made a firm decision to reject professional status and reaffirm our identity as a social fraternity. Much of the Fraternity's work over the last two decades has been to move us back to our roots.
Yes, we're different from other social fraternities. Due to the way our history progressed, our chapters often have little direct contact with other Greeks on campus (or at least non-music Greeks), whether through IFC or otherwise. This seems to be changing, though, as more chapters are joining their campus IFCs. Our focus on music certainly makes us different, although we certainly think it is a
very good difference. But we are a social fraternity.
Now back to our regularly-scheduled thread. I'll try to refrain from singing this song again for a while.