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Originally Posted by psy
Interesting to hear that, Titchou, as I'm a DG, too! I think part of the idea is to let the whole class "graduate" together and to not stigmatize people who take more than 4 years to graduate.
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This is only pertinent if the whole pledge class is made up of people who are the same year in school. That isn't true on most campuses.
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Originally Posted by sigmaceli
I'm particularly curious to hearing sentiment on another area of this topic; one that from my experience, some I/NHQs may have thought about when making particular policies: when has a collegiate member "overstayed" his or her time in the chapter? In your opinion, is having a man or woman that remains active for 7-8 years healthy for the growth of the chapter?
Yeah, Van Wilder did it. But is a real-life Van Wilder as fun and entertaining as the fictional character?
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A PSK brother at my campus was there for at least 6 years. He was also a national officer, so I'd say he definitely made "healthy" contributions to the fraternity and his chapter.
Any rule made by any group that in effect pigeonholes collegiate Greek involvement as beginning first semester freshman year and ending 4 years later on the dot is as obsolete as a clause barring certain racial or religious groups from membership. I mean, talk about a way to make commuter students feel completely unwelcome...most of them take more than four years to get through school. If NPCs are really serious about reaching out to "nontraditional" students, they need to walk the walk as well as talk the talk...beginning with abolishing nonsensical rules like these.
Guess I went off on this, but I just can't imagine saying to one of my chapter sisters "ok, you went over your 4 year limit, yerrrrrrrrr out" - and barring her from participating in an active sisterhood, that has probably been one of the things to KEEP her in school - just the thought of it really upsets me.
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