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Sairose-- I completely agree with your last post. But then again, since we're from two sororities that are as close to being official sister orgs as possible (without it being constitutional), we're coming from a similar viewpoint.
It does vary from campus to campus, but the broad sweep that all-non NPC's and IFC orgs aren't Greek is completely inaccurate and shows the ignorance of the people posting.
Some orgs are purely for your resume. Others are not. Mine is not. It wasn't open to everyone, and rush was and is selective. The amount of time required to be an active member of TBS is on par or greater than the required hours for many of the NPC/IFC organizations, due to the requirements to be an active member of the organization. Members of TBS and KKPsi must be active in at least one (and encouraged to be in two) university band program each semester, which means all rehearsals and performances. When you're talking marching and pep band programs, the hours rack up-- quickly.
Perhaps those of you who look down on those of us in these orgs might want to take another view-- not to join, but to see that yes, we're different. But we're no less Greek than you guys are. And no less chapters of brothers and sisters. We just have a larger hill to climb every year.
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