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Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
That is a tremendously inaccurate and misleading statement. Chapters that want to behave like "animal houses" have seen an increasingly strained relationship. Chapters that want live up their values and ideals have seen an increasing amount of support from their HQs. The latter has become the dominant type of chapter in many GLOs.
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I knew someone would take that the wrong way, so let me rephrase. A lot of times, people are afraid to go to advisors or national HQ with issues because they're afraid it'll get turned around and used as a way to punish the chapter - even if that chapter isn't doing anything wrong. I can't tell my advisor about ONE pledge that goes out with her non-sorority friends and drinks too much, because the whole chapter will be under the microscope for drinking. I can't tell them about the sister who keeps falling asleep in class, because I'll be accused of overprogramming and stressing out the sisterhood. I can't tell them about the pledge who cries in her room every day, for reasons she has yet to tell us, because I'll be accused of hazing her.
And the advisors and HQs don't want to do this, I'm sure, but they hear so much about the costs of RM that rather than do a thorough investigation it's easier to punish the chapter and cover their butts. That's what I meant.
If you have a great relationship with your HQ and advisors and can tell them everything, that's wonderful - but I think to say that any chapter that doesn't isn't living up to its "values and ideals" is an outright lie.