Leaving NPC

IrishLocal · #1 06-12-2009, 05:48 PM

Maybe I am in the right spot! i just joined and am trying to figure the forum out!!

Okay so about 2 years ago, my local sorority joined the national pan-hellenic council. we have 2 other sororities that are national at our school also involved. We have that campus thingy too. lol, sorry for bad terminology, i dont really understand it all. anyways, my main point is wanting to know if there is a way out???

I think its great and does a great job for national sororities, but not for our local one. we made a mistake and we dont want years and years of traditions down the drain because of it. we are local and have been for almost 150 years...and we like our way of doing things...so in no way am i saying anything bad about the NPC

but if anyone knows where i can read about it or anything, please let me know. I tried the website but didnt see anything but i could have missed it.

Thank you very much.

KSUViolet06 · #2 06-12-2009, 05:56 PM

Question: Do you mean that your local sorority is part of the Panhellenic Council on your campus?

If so, I think this depends on your school. I think there are some schools who require local sororities to remain associate members of Panhellenic.

I'd contact your Greek Life Advisor or someone like that to ask.

IrishLocal · #3 06-12-2009, 06:01 PM

lol, sorry i made it sound so confusing! yes, we are in it at my school, and would like out.

Zillini · #4 06-12-2009, 06:04 PM

Research your campus' Panhellenic Bylaws and/or talk to your Greek Advisor. Every campus is different.

KSUViolet06 · #5 06-12-2009, 06:05 PM

Out of curiousity, what issues are you having with being part of Panhellenic Council?

Like, what about being on Panhellenic Council takes away your "traditions?"

I'm asking because we had a local sorority as part of our PHC in undergrad and nothing was ever mentioned about changing anything about them. They were just required to adhere to the NPC rules concerning recruitment.

texas*princess · #6 06-12-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Out of curiousity, what issues are you having with being part of Panhellenic Council?

Like, what about being on Panhellenic Council takes away your "traditions?"

I'm asking because we had a local sorority as part of our PHC in undergrad and nthing was ever mention about changing anything about them. They were just required to adhere to the NPC rules concerning recruitment.

I was wondering the same thing... I'm interested to hear what they are being forced to change.

pshsx1 · #7 06-12-2009, 10:04 PM

I know, at my school, if a local left the IFC (IFC governs over all of our Greeks), they would not be able to participate in rush, have a pledge process, or a bunch of other (mainly recruitment related) things. They would just be a normal organization that happened to have Greek letters in their name.

But every campus is different so check your Panhel bylaws.

violetpretty · #8 06-12-2009, 11:39 PM

Do you mean that your local is an associate member of your Campus Panhellenic or that your local was absorbed by one of the 26 NPC sororities?

33girl · #9 06-13-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by texas*princess

I was wondering the same thing... I'm interested to hear what they are being forced to change.

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I'm asking because we had a local sorority as part of our PHC in undergrad and nothing was ever mentioned about changing anything about them. They were just required to adhere to the NPC rules concerning recruitment.

They might not want to participate in formal recruitment, or it might be that they're being forced to invite girls back that they do not want. There's people on here who said their Panhel made them do this.

Or they might have had to jack up their dues to pay the Panhel dues.

IrishLocal, why did you join Panhel after 150 years of being independent? Were you forced to? If they forced you on they're probably not going to let you off.

Kevin · #10 06-13-2009, 08:52 PM

If you're at a public school, you should be able to just quit panhellenic. Tell 'em you no longer consider yourselves members or to be bound by their rules and stop showing up... or just stop showing up.

Unless there's something forcing you to stay, you don't have to stay.

If you're at a private school, whole different ballgame. You may be stuck. Talk to whoever coordinates greek life.

AOII Angel · #11 06-15-2009, 06:36 PM

Good call, Carnation! I haven't seen you around in awhile. Is there an ep sig thread about this?

carnation · #12 06-15-2009, 06:56 PM

Hi, AOIIAngel! Until 4-5 years ago, there were 3 local groups at Shorter and they hazed viciously. I started a thread back then--something like "Nationals at my College"?--anyway, I taught there back then. The thread tracked the change of one group to Phi Mu and the addition of Zeta. Ep Sig stayed local due to intense alum pressure and Pi Sig folded. I think the thread talked about the hazing as well.

33girl · #13 06-15-2009, 08:24 PM

If this local is not something the students want, it will die on its own.

If there are still students who are dumb and want to participate in hazing, they have a place to go.

You can't legislate or NPC away stupid. Methinks if the alum pressure was that intense and the actives bowed to it, they'd still be doing all this stuff even if they had gone with an NPC group.

carnation · #14 06-15-2009, 08:40 PM

What a lot of folks on campus say is that the women who can't afford the nationals pledge the local, not knowing the difference, and then the local hazes the snot out of them. Next round of recruitment, same thing happens with a new group of victims, er, new members. I hope it's not true.

33girl · #15 06-16-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by carnation

What a lot of folks on campus say is that the women who can't afford the nationals pledge the local, not knowing the difference, and then the local hazes the snot out of them. Next round of recruitment, same thing happens with a new group of victims, er, new members. I hope it's not true.

$$ issues or not, if they stick around to be hazed, then they are stupid. Or they like being known as the "tough ones" who stuck it out.

Like I said, if that element is present on campus - and the campus as a whole hasn't shamed them out of doing it or out of existence - you can't make it go away. It just goes underground, which is worse.