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Baird's always tried to include the local groups. Their performance is a bit spotty though. Understandably so. And of course as 33girl mentioned, once the NIC got a hold of Baird’s the locals and multiculturals didn’t stand a chance. Now the multiculturals and newer locals I don’t much care about – no offense. But those old locals are a very important part of our histories and I’m sorry to see their stories dropped. Oh well, history is written by the victors I guess. But I can confirm that a group called Phi Nu has not appeared in any edition of Baird's.
That may or may not be significant. If PhiNuBlue can substantiate founding date and continuous existence, I say she's got a legit claim. And I have to admit, I’m rooting for her.
Of course, then the NPC semantics machine will kick into overdrive and everyone will readjust their long list of caveats and qualifiers that let them still claim they were “first”.
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