Pledging two different Sororities?

Tinese · #1 02-22-2002, 12:17 AM

Greetings sorhors and sister friends:

I have a question, I was told years ago that it was acceptable during the time period ( pre-90's) for women to join multiple organizations of their choice i.e., aka, dst, zpb, sgrho. I was wondering how this came about and if this still is in existence. Based on information from different forums, it appears that this practice happens from time to time without the knowledge of the sororities in hand. How can this dilima be addressed. It has always been my belief that if you join a particular sorority that you did so out of a conviction of loyalty. So how can someone be loyal to two organizations?

Sisterly

Tinese
#1 pikachu
Zeta Nu Sigma Alumnae Chapter Boston, MA

NinjaPoodle · #2 02-22-2002, 02:58 AM

I haven't seen you on the Greekchat before so I say welcome to you soRHOr Tinese!

*****
1. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., & Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. individually DO NOT ALLOW THIS.
2. NPHC does not allow this.

Why would anyone in their right mind want to perp like that? It's very disrespectful to all orgs involved, the NPHC and very EMBARASSING to the person who does it when they GET cauught!

It's NEVER been acceptable to do this.

BlueReign · #3 02-22-2002, 09:38 AM

I have never heard of such a thing. I really don't think it is true at all.

BTW, Tinese is not new

mccoyred · #4 02-22-2002, 10:06 AM

Trying to pledge two different orgs WAS NOT the norm; this practice was prohibited then and now. In fact, it was probably harder back then because everything was above ground and everyone in your tri-state area knew who was online!

There were some instances but they were few and far between normally occuring when distance and time seperated the two applications.

Tenacious1922 · #5 02-22-2002, 11:00 AM

I have never heard of this either. And I agree that you would get caught eventually. I think most people do not realize that it does not take much for someone to find out about you and what chapter you come from, once you let them know what org., you belong to.(No matter where you are in the world) I remember that my advisor once told us about this young lady who said she was an SGRho. She was a transfer student. They noticed that all of her para was homemade and they thought that was odd. Well to make a long story short, when they started to investigate they found out that she was denied membership into SGRho at her former university. So it pays to just be on the up and up. And why would you want to be in multiple orgs., or claim to be something you are not is beyond me.

Just my 22 cents !

prettypoodle6 · #6 02-22-2002, 03:09 PM

unfortunately, the only way i can see us (four) addressing/stopping this from happening is if we had a database of all our member that was accessible to everyone!

it doesnt happen often, but i have heard of stories where someone pledged one organization wasnt happy.... moved clear across the country and pledged something else.

FuzzieAlum · #7 02-22-2002, 03:31 PM

Sticking my two cents in - I know this sort of thing did happen a long, long time ago, like later 1800s/early 1900s. Frequently someone would transfer to another school and be eligible to join a different group there. But I think most of this stopped before the NPHC sororities were formed.

Tenacious1922 · #8 02-22-2002, 03:52 PM

That is an excellent idea soror prettypoodle6!!

SeriousSigma22 · #9 02-23-2002, 12:22 AM

Sorhor Tinese,

That is really new to me and I pledged spring 83' it would really be hard for a person to get away with pledging more than one sorority because as an Aurora you stood out and every knew that you were going through the process because of the way you were dressed, physically walked in line, greeted your big sisters, etc.

I noticed that the undergrads complained post - 90s that some girls were trying to submit applications for more than one organization because it was easier to get away with doing such deviant acts because pledging had ended!
The other organization would find out about it after the girl(s) came out (Coming out show) as a member of another greek organization.

Serioussigma22

RHOyal-Silence · #10 02-23-2002, 09:18 AM

in my undergrad chapter, there was a young lady who transferred from another school and she expressed an interest.

we got in contact with one of our lovely sorors from that school and she basically told us the deal. so here is my question.

What if the person was actually going through the process and for whatever reason the process was dropped or the person was dropped? how would u feel if that person suddenly expressed interest in your org?

believe it or not, but this is common at the college i went to (mostly with the males)

this same young lady, needless to say, is not a soror today, but she is a member(finally) of another BGLO. (i think that is all she wanted any way is just to belong.

Tenacious1922 · #11 02-23-2002, 11:09 AM

Soror I can truly feel you on this one. Just recently I went to a stepshow and saw a young lady I knew from school and she was now a member of another sorority. But me and my LS remembered when SGRho was so in her heart. And when I was in school we had an interest, who we rejected and next semester saw her in different colors. I also knew of some who were rejected from the other BGLOs (cause they told us) and then tried to step to us. And my answer was a STRONG HELL NO!!! I think if a line is dropped that is very unfortunate and you should perhaps wait until grad. And if the person was dropped it was probably for a good reason. I feel very strongly about this, because time and time again I saw young ladies kiss some serious a$# to get into my sorority. And time and time again, some fell for it knowing that the person just wanted to be Greek or was just plain TROUBLE! Now if a person just goes to an informational for another sorority I am cool with that. But if they started going through the process and were dropped or were rejected...then I better not have seen them knocking on my RHOyal-Blue and Gold door...cause it was locked!!

And I am not trying to be mean but, that is what makes chapters weak, when you feel as if you have to let anybody in...regardless if they are in it for the long haul. Eventually if you were to keep this up in no-time your chapter will be on deaths door. When I was an undergrad, I was President and I was SERIOUS about who I wanted to call my soror. And between that year and the next we had the most interests come out in chapter history...cause they knew we had our stuff TOGETHER. And they had to come correct or not at all. Ladies do not want to become a part of anything they think that "JUST ANYBODY", can get into and that is my 22 cents!!!

EE-YIP
Tenacious

RedAngel · #12 02-23-2002, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by NinjaPoodle
I haven't seen you on the Greekchat before so I say welcome to you soRHOr Tinese!

*****
1. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., & Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. individually DO NOT ALLOW THIS.
2. NPHC does not allow this.

Why would anyone in their right mind want to perp like that? It's very disrespectful to all orgs involved, the NPHC and very EMBARASSING to the person who does it when they GET cauught! It's NEVER been acceptable to do this.

True. I don't know why somebody would want to do it. I heard this happened about 10 years ago with a woman who turned out to be a member of two NPHC sororities. She ended up getting found out after she moved and lost membership in both organizations.

SeriousSigma22 · #13 02-23-2002, 06:29 PM

Sorhor Tenacious1922,

Girl, I feel you on that very topic! I don't want a person to step to me once they have been rejected by another organization. That's just keeping it real! Too many ladies out there think that it's okay to play games! Well I don't play and the young lady will get played if she thinks that she can just be a member of my sorority because she has shown some interest! And like you I just don't want to call anybody my sorhor!

Serioussigma22

Imagine22 · #14 02-27-2002, 12:15 AM

Hey SoRHOrSisterFriends,
First time posting.....

To add to the comments on the board, you will be surprised at how many people are in other orgs after attempting to pledge something else. I know people personally who started with one and ended up with another. I also had a personal experience with a girl who actually pledged thru my chapter and when she went home that summer, her Aunt and her mother, who are AKA's convienced her she had made a mistake...

..so she ended up transferring to a school down south where she pledged AKA...

...so I would say never say never. It happened alot more times that people want to admit...and I have been a Sigma since 1986.

-Gina-

TRSimon · #15 02-27-2002, 12:47 AM

Any member of a sorority/fraternity can request to be removed from the rolls. It just depends upon who does the research where intake is involved. The fraternities to a better job of blackballing so this does not happen as often as in sororities.

I never knew anybody who did it, though, because in the part of the south where I went to school, they had a tendency to blackball people who had submitted applications to other sororities.

I think anyone who would leave one NPHC sorority to pledge another does the organization she leaves much more good than the organization she goes on to pledge.

TRSimon