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another non-collegiate rant
To all the women out there who are members of non-collegiate organizations:
Does anyone else feel that because we are not members of traditional GLO's that we get a bad reception here on GC? I feel as though most people do not look at us as members of the Greek community..... for example, only a few people will ever answer any of the questions I post here...
I just feel as though we are looked down upon and not really thought of as Greeks..however when I joined my organization I had to go through a recruitment process too...I had to go through an interview process, then wait to see if I would be offered a bid, and ultimately go through a one month Pledge Period...just like any 'campus based' GLO....we also have a ritual, colors, symbols, flower, motto, etc...just like any other org...so why do people treat us so differently?
And while I'm ranting, I would like to kick the sterotype that all members of Non-Collegiate organizations are old women from the midwest....my chapter, as well as that of my friend (who is in a different national, non-collegiate..) are all made up of college aged women, most of whom either went through rush and didn't find a home for themselves at their school for whatever reasons, or women who do not have any Greek Life at their schools...so please, if you are one of the people who only thinks of elderly, midwestern women when you think of a non-collegiate org, please think again.
I guess the point of this whole long-winded thread was to ask if anyone else agreed that we Non-Collegiate organziations need a separate forum here on GC?? How would we go about doing that?
Sorry for my long post...just needed to vent a bit
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