ktsnake, I totally see your point about non-collegiate groups being different than collegiate ones in that we will probably not participate in events such as homecomming, traditional socials, crush parties, competitions, intramurals, etc. You are correct about that .However, since most sororities, fraternities etc. are "for life" then I think we are more alike than not. The collegiate experience is usually only 4-7 years of one's life experience (some more-some less), whereas you could be in the fraternity for 50 years! So the majority of some people's greek experience isn't even at the college level. So in that respect, I feel non-collegiate GLO's are very similar to college ones b/c we do many of the same things as collegiate alumnus (alumni-I forget!). There are also many members of sororites that join as alumnae-especially in the NPC. Not a majority, but certainly some. Now I do not know about numbers in the NPHC, but I know that many more join community groups as alumni than as collegians (when compared to the NPC).
I hope that didn't read arugmentative, I am just thinking that in the long term-we are all more similar than we are different. Especially if you consider it to be a life long membership and not a college thing.
