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I have a problem with the statement of a "typical local, hazing their pledges and a bunch of girls just looking for letters". That would be like me saying that all nationals are money hungry and don't care about their chapters. That might be true of that org, but it is in NO WAY typical of local chapters.
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AMEN. Generalizations like this really get me hot under the collar. And it is an attitude that I have encountered a lot in being in a local. There is a lack of respect not only from chapters on my campus, but a lack of respect about the 'validity' of my local organization from Greeks I know from other campuses. My local doesn't haze and we certainly aren't just looking for letters, we've had 107 great years of sisterhood and tradition from which I have benefitted.
People get so wrapped up in the competitive aspects of Greek Life, and it's easy to forget the purpose in being in an organization. I really like the quote "These letters don't make me better than you, they make me better than I was." Whether a person is in a local or an inter/national organization, the thought shouldn't being 'I'm better than them because..." but "I am a better person because..."