Ah, well. I might as well beat my dead horse here, too.
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by MysticCat81, in part....
without a doubt, many Sinfonian chapters stick close to the schools/departments of music. While we have no national (we're not international) policy requiring that our members be music majors/minors or even take music classes -- just that they love music and believe in its power -- there is no question that strong bonds usually exist between chapter and school/department. ...... It also probably has something to do with the nature of music schools/departments in many places -- sort of world unto themselves in many respects.
Other chapters are not so, shall we say, insular. I know of chapters where the majority of members are not music majors/minors.
Chapter policies may be more restrictive -- certainly they are for chapters that are in their campus's IFCs. My impression (no hard data on this), is that "dual membership" tends to be more common in chapters like you described -- those that stick close to the music school/department and act more "professional."
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Just wanting to say everything I copied from MysticCat above is true for Delta Omicron, as well. I feel we are an EXTREMELY mis-understood organization.
My collegiate chapter had a local by-law in place that forbid us from being a member of another social sorority - since we acted (we felt) much the same as a social sorority. We had no requirements of being a music major/minor. If we did, I wouldn't be a member, as I have absolutely no musical talent whatsoever. We did tend to stick closer to the music department socially, but that's because we were rather looked down upon by the social sororities on campus (funny, none of the fraternities had any problems with us. Not sure what the sororities' problem was)
However, there are chapters... many chapters in fact, who require a music major to pledge, or allow dual membership (it is allowed on the international level).
As a side-note, and a return to the original topic.... DO does require that any other pins be worn beneath and to the left of our badge. As I am considering AI into an NPC sorority, this will be an issue. I plan to solve it by only wearing one badge at time.
Love from Delta Omicron,
Ginger