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Originally posted by BabyP
I have to agree that hazing are in nationals.
Nationals cost too much and hence "buying the friendship" Let me ask you something, you go to someones house you dont know in another state, whatever, and they accept you? that is buying friends...I dont care who you are I dont trust strangers in my house!
Two, Locals do NOT have to have a quota, i have also seen nationals shut down cuz they didnt have at least 50 members.
Three, too many people, its not a real togetherness.
Four, as for the house, sac state doesnt have greek row, only TWO greeks have a house. Also I have notice more HAZING and RAPES and UNDERAGE drinking in houses.
With locals, yes, we can change the rules for the better, hazing was accepted 50 years ago and the rules of nationals go back like a hundred years. Also nationals tend to discriminate based on looks, money or/and power.
Five, nationals seem to be obssessed with legacies. I honestly dont think it should matter if family was in ABC cuz that doesnt mean the child is the same as the parents.
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Oh hun... I'm sorry. I mean I am in a local and I don't agree with this.
Any club that requires you to pay anything can be considered 'buying your friends' in a non member's eye. The only benefit locals have is that their dues are seen by everyone and are used for the local's purpose and function. Whereas nationals... well, some goes to the chapter... some I'm not sure.
I also think that if you want to join a house with 150 members, that's your peragative. Like Russel said, if you were to go to a family reunion and meet family members you hadn't seen since you were two, would you treat them any differently? I like having a smaller chapter. (Actually ours is growing quite large now...) But having a large house has it's benefits. More people to cheer you on at events, more people to run for the presidency of the house, more participation, etc.
About the discriminating on looks/etc... I used to think that about our system. True, we do have a chapter on campus where all the girls kinda have the same hair color. BUT even that chapter is getting more diverse. There are quite a few houses that have many different nationalities and income ranges. I don't think I have met a sorority girl on our campus that has her parents paying for EVERYTHING beyond her freshman year.
And I will be the one to admit that our house wasn't structured well a few years ago. We did have debatable practices in the treatment of new members. But that stopped. It didn't work. It hurt EVERYONE. And the other greeks weren't naive to it either. So we restructured and now we have one of the stronger houses on campus.
*steps off soap box*
I forgot to add this to my last post... my grandsis made a joke at one of the rush events. We are the Jet Blue of sororities. Same experience for price that's easier on the wallet. I thought it was cute.
