I'm pretty sure that you have to be majoring in either a science, engineering or architecture discipline in order to be considered for membership in Triangle (if there are any Triangles around here, please confirm this). Similarly, my sorority (
Alpha Sigma Kappa - Women in Technical Studies) also seeks members based on field of study - a female student may be considered she is majoring (or doing post-graduate studies) in any technical field.
One's major or field of study is more a qualification for membership in an organization with very specific goals for specific individuals, rather than a tool for discrimination. For example, my sisterhood aims to promote friendship, leadership, and excellence among women of technical fields. It also seeks to establish networking and mentorship, both within our membership as well as outside of our memberhsip. So it makes sense that women who are majoring in technical fields, as opposed to fields such as education, business, fine arts, etc., would be most interested in seeking membership.
If you take a look at the history of various GLOs with a major/field of study emphasis, I'd be willing to be you'd discover that they began with a few students of the same major/field realizing that their were a lot of opportunities in working together as friends and colleagues, and therefore they formalized that relationship as a brotherhood or sisterhood. My sorority began that way - a group of women, who were already friends, and loosely organized to begin with, realized that they wanted to maintain their friendships and professional contacts, and in essence formalize it. So it's more a question of focusing the effort to achieve the vision of the organization, as opposed to finding ways to be exclusive.
I hope this is the kind of information you were looking for, 33girl.
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equeen
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Alpha Sigma Kappa - Women in Technical Studies
[This message has been edited by equeen (edited October 10, 2000).]
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