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Originally posted by DGPhoney:
Hey all,
I was wondering, some schools have MCGLO councils, and how is that. Was this something the school choose to do, or was it something the MC orgs on that campus questered for? I go to a school where we only have NPC ,IFC and very very few NPHC's.Being that the sorority I am in is a MC org, I wanted to look into that. But I know a lot of schools don't have them. So if anyone could answer my question that would be great 
Thanks All
~Greek Love~
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DPGhoney,
My school just started an MGC my last semester as an undergrad (Fall 2000). It was started b/c there were quite a few orgs that didn't belong to either the NPC, IFC or the Black greek council. Also, in order to be considered officially Greek on our campus, you have to belong to one of these councils b/c these councils are under the Greek Life office. So it was brought to our attention by one of the Asian orgs on our campus to put this together so we could all be "official" (or whatever) Greeks.
When these groups all came together (there are 10 sororities and fraternities that make up the MGC), we all felt that the existing councils have not met our needs as multi-ethnic frats and sorors. In fact, 2 of the latino/a orgs (a frat and a sorority) are in the IFC and NPC, respectively. They both said that they don't get the kinda exposure that they want and they feel that they pay way too much money for something that does not address their needs as minorities and as Latino/as. These orgs focus on helping the Latino community specifically while the groups in these councils do not. Also, both these orgs felt that they'd just get a lot more exposure to the community they'd like to have in their org if they joined something that was more geared towards multi-ethnic students . This is pretty much the reason for why all the other orgs are wanting to start this council. So far, from what my sisters say, the council definitely needs work but it'll probably be something really great once all the kinks get worked out.
Hope that answers your question. If you'd like more details, I'd be happy to answer your questions.
ZC4L