More than one GLO?

dzsaigirl · #1 08-21-2001, 10:31 AM

Hey y'all. Is anyone out there in more than one GLO? Like a social and a non-social at the same time? How do you like it? Do you get a lot of questions? Does anyone ever make comments about it either positive or negative? I am in Delta Zeta and Sigma Alpha Iota.

Aiya · #2 12-04-2001, 07:29 PM

I'm an SAI at UF and my chapter has had many sisters that are both in a social sorority as well as SAI. Some of us (including myslef) are thinking of going to UF's panhellenic preview in the spring as well. We have our chapter meetings on a different night, as UF PC's chapter is on monday night.

carnation · #3 12-04-2001, 09:19 PM

As well as being in Pi Phi, I'm a member of a bunch of the honoraries. At the big universities anyway, it seems to be pretty common so no one ever said anything other than mooing when we 3 Pi Phis would come in from the ag honorary meetings.

AngelPhiSig · #4 12-05-2001, 11:11 AM

I am a Phi Sigma Sigma and a sister of Tau Beta Sigma co-ed honorary band sorority. I was at one time trying to be in SAI at the same time, but I had to "quit" cos I didnt have time for 3 GLOs! Our chapter here had'nt been formed yet, and I went to the information meetings... but relized, no time...

dzsaigirl · #5 01-12-2002, 03:50 PM

I know there are some more SAI's on here...I would love to share ideas!

KappaStargirl · #6 01-18-2002, 03:45 PM

I am an SAI as well as a Kappa Kappa Gamma and it hasn't always been easy...it might have just been the chapter/university I attended. There were members of all three GLO's in the SAI chapter (very small college, 1100 students, 3 sororities, chapter total of 60), but there were also a lot of people who viewed it as "the sorority you can join without being in a sorority." A lot of girls joined SAI because they held a lot of stereotypes about the Greek system, one even said that she was so excited about SAI because she "had a terrible experience with Rush." She said that b/c she was cut from the sorority of her choice (not mine, we invited her back), and thus held the view that all GLO's were full of snobs.

Those of us in GLO's were sort of looked down on by the rest of the chapter, like we couldn't possibly be loyal to TWO organizations, and those who weren't in sororities were very clique-ish...well, I suppose I could say that about the chapter in general. I don't want to ramble, but I will say it wasn't fun. Now it doesn't matter so much that I'm an alum, but while in college people in SAI had negative thoughts towards those of us affiliated with two organizations.

Not a Mezzo · #7 07-08-2003, 12:55 AM

Pardon me for invading your forum, ladies...

I'm a Phi Mu, and am also in Mu Phi Epsilon. Only myself and one other girl (also a Phi Mu) were in two, although our SAI chapter does have a girl in Sigma Sigma Sigma. I am having an extremely difficult time balancing the two. I was in MPE first, and feel a certain loyalty to the chapter, but have really found my heart in Phi Mu. Also, while I tried to make it to every event I could, I didn't really feel like the chapter appreciated the effort I was making. Funny, because there are many who aren't in two GLO's and yet still don't show up.

Anyway...I've been pretty inactive in MPE lately, and rather miss the comraderie (sp?) which you find in an organization for music. While there's a special bond in Phi Mu, there's also a lot of people who don't understand why I have 6 classes a day and 2 hours of practicing. Any ideas on balancing the two, or making inroads with my Mu Phi brethern and sister-en?

SAIPrincess · #8 07-13-2003, 12:49 PM

i'm in tau beta sigma and SAI and like not a mezzo, i have lyalty (althoug some sister don't think i do) in tau beta sigma, which i joined first, but i fit in better and such with SAI. there were some sisters in my tbs chapter who felt that i always put SAI first, when in all actuality i put tbs first. i would miss sai stuff for tbs or ask sai to change things for tbs, never asking tbs to change things for me. i mean sai changed my pinning time because i had a tbs meeting. blah, it's a hard thing to do, i think, being in two organizations.

sairose · #9 07-13-2003, 10:33 PM

Our chapter has a member who is also a Delta Zeta, one who is a Delta Sigma Theta, and one who is a Tau Beta Sigma.

We never had a problem with members with dual memberships, except when one of the girls(the DZ one) tried to get things to go the way DZ did them, and had a hard time realizing that we don't always do things the same. The girls in DST and TBS have always had equal loyalty for both of their respective GLOs.

I think dual membership is fine AS LONG as you 1)still have loyalty for the first one you joined, 2)realize that different groups run things different.