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Originally posted by valkyrie
Since when did our organizations become more about making money for the house than sisterhood? It seems like so many NPC sororities are getting to the point where it's more about $$$ than anything else, and isn't that losing sight of where our organizations should be?
Where do you draw the line between "no longer being an individual" when you join a sorority and being a pushover wuss? You are always an individual no matter what, and I would hope that people would remember that -- I hope that nobody is so "dedicated" to her organization that she'd lie so she can give blood because someone told her to, or that she'd let someone haze her because someone in her organization said she should.
It's no better to say "You don't want to live in the house -- so fine, quit, you can't be my sister any more" than it is to say "I don't want to live in the house so I quit." Neither one is very sisterly. I think that sometimes we get so caught up in how we think things should be we don't realize that not everybody feels the same way.
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I can see where you are coming from as far as why does the house have to be such a focus, but I strongly disagree with your comparison. No where in our by-laws does it say, "You must allow yourself to be hazed" or "You must do whatever it takes to win Greek Week." What it does say though, in explicit terms, is that you must fulfill your housing obligation (which is now 2 years for my chapter). Maybe not having houses, especially huge expensive ones would help some things, like people who don't want to live there, chapter finances, etc. But having a house does a lot for a chapter and I think it can really boost the sisterhood because you really get to know each other. Just ask the people who don't have houses, some of them may say they are glad not to have the hassle, but a lot of them would die to have a place to live, eat, meet, have events, store things (especially ritual things), etc.