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Originally posted by Betarulz!
I guess at Nebraska, I didn't really have a choice of whether to go anything other than NIC.
Unlike some places, at Nebraska, groups like Alpha Phi Omega or any honorary/ professional GLO's are not considered Greeks at all. When you talk about Greeks at UNL you automatically mean NIC/NPC/NPHC. I think a lot of it has to do with many students associating greek with having a house. I have friends who are independent but in things like Omicron Delta Kappa and they do not consider themselves greeks at all. Organizations like this do very little social gatherings, and tend to struggle to get participation out of their members.
For that reason, even in spite of GC, I have difficulty in identifying SAI or APO or any of the other non-social GLO members I've talked to on GC to be really greek. I don't see you having the same issues or the same experiences that I see amongst social GLO's. This isn't meant to be offensive to anyone, just an end result from what I see on my campus, and how that's affected my thoughts on the issue.
Looking back, there is no way that I would have done anything differently in choosing service vs social.
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It's kinda like that here. We have lots of multi-cultural greeks as well as Greek honories... but you ask any of my sisters what are the other fraternities and sororties on campus, and they will tell you just the NPC/NIC ones. And maybe a few others that we have mixed with.
I know NIC/NPC members are also members of other Greek orgs besides their own, but others feel that one GLO is enough and stick to what is familiar.
It's sad, but what can you do?
I joined my then local/social because back then we were the only Chi Delta with the symbols we have. (There are other Local Chi Delts unrelated to us elsewhere.) Everyone was pretty laid back, the rush events were easy going and fun as were the girls. And I was strapped for cash during my college years. Being in a local made my financial situation a little easier.