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Originally posted by preciousjeni
It seems to be a tradition more so than a longstanding rule for social orgs. Otherwise, it doesn't make any sense.
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Originally posted by emb021
AFAIK, I believe its a rule amoung the socials. But I'll leave it up to others to confirm/deny.
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It's more than tradition. The NIC's By-Laws state:
To be eligible for membership in the Conference, a fraternity must: (3) Be mutually exclusive of and in competition with other general fraternities, meaning that no member fraternity shall initiate a member of another fraternity until such time as the second fraternity shall have been formally notified in writing by the national office of the first fraternity that a candidate for membership in the second fraternity is no longer regarded as a member of the fraternity.
Similarly, an NPC Unanimous Agreement states:
A woman who is or who has ever been an initiated member of an existing NPC fraternity shall not be eligible for membership in another NPC fraternity.
As for social fraternities that are not members of the NIC, the rules may vary but are usually spelled out by governing documents.
It also might be worth noting that the NIC provision refers to "general" fraternities, not "social" fraternities. "General fraternities" is the term traditionally used to describe those fraternities that do not limit their membership to a specific field of study, area of interest, etc.
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