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Originally posted by chideltjen
Easy!
While locals may not be watched as closely as nationals, and just because the locals on your campus may treat their sisters like crap by hazing doesn't mean that ALL LOCALS haze. I know this has been argued over and over again in the risk mgmt thread, but generalizations like this really irritate me.
And like Jilly said earlier, I have also heard about hazing in nationals. It's just something that everyone knows is wrong but since the definition is so broad, people push the limits all the time, regardless of their GLO.
I am part of, I guess, a regional sorority. We have a beta chapter. I couldn't be happier.
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yea- actually i have seen the opposite to be true- at my school the nationals are serious serious hazers and we are not anywhere near what they do- i actually pledged a national before dropping and going to my local because the hazing was just too bad... i know this is not always the case- and locals do get a bad name for going "unchecked" but keep in mind that this is not always the case... and certain chapters of nationals are overt hazers more so then others...
as far as the benefits i see as being local- i like not having to pay as much dues- i pay about $200 a semester and that includes mixers- shirts and rush that we don't ahve to pay out of pocket...
their are good and bad sides to having own rules- we have a consititution that has been in place since we began which is modified each year through a committee to change what needs to etc- so their are standards- and we can change rituals and we also have long standing ones... i guess the free power requires more responsibility to keep ourselves in line and not allowing everything to go to hell...
we have an alumni association instead of the national support- which can be good and bad- they deal with us on a more personal level which is nice- but they don'thave the funds to back us all the time- they do waht they can though and thats good enough for us
(our house is paid for since the 60s so we own it)