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i think i am confused by what you mean by multicultural, and how we are discussing cultural? i guess what i see it as is that there are multicultural glos, however, they all represent one culture only (either african american, latino, asian, etc).
to clarify, i mean that on my campus, basically, an entire pledge class will be of people who all knew each other before, decided to rush the same house together and pledge together. i have been told that due to the hazing, they create great bonds with each other, but not with the upperclassmen in the chapter who did the hazing on them.
also, the mission statements of most MGLOs is to unify people of the same culture while expanding the interest and knowledge of others regarding their culture. However, i have failed to see this occur.
yes, NPC sororities are similar in that they create cliques, however, the cliques are naturally created by people who have met each other while pledging and then became friends. i agree that there are NPCs that are solely social, but there are also many who do a great deal of what their mission stands for.
i am just trying to see what the purpose of MGLOs are. i think its very important to have cultural-interest groups, however, i am unsure the purpose of having multicultural greek groups are for. in the real world, we are put into environments filled with people of all races and cultures, and MGLOs do not prepare people for that situation.
i am sure there are mglos which do prepare their men and women for the future, but how? what do they do? i am just curious regarding that. and by preparation, i mean in ways other than creating networks with alumns.
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