Opinions on Local Sororities?

[Always AlphaGam]

Originally Posted by PhiAlpha05

Oh no I'm sorry that's going on at your school. I just wanted to clarify (as a founder of the local sorority the OP is talking about--we are the only local on our campus) that our house never, ever hazes or condones hazing.

Always AlphaGam, have you thought about reporting the hazing activities to the GLO governing body, or whichever body oversees the locals? Or has this already been done without results? I'd hate to see these houses potentially sullying the reputations of other locals because they might be taking advantage of a (perceived) lack of national oversight.

My alma mater's Greek Life is really small blip on the radar. Greeks don't really have a governing body -- they all fall under Student Organizations. The locals on my campus have been around for decades longer than the Inter/National GLOs. I'm pretty sure the administration is aware of it but nothing has been done about it.

What I care about is them sullying the reputations of the houses on campus that DON'T haze. I don't want girls to be turned off from Greek Life altogether just because these locals choose to haze the crap out of these new members.

Again, I have nothing against local sororities. My concern is for the locals on my campus who treat their new members poorly. I fear that one day someone WILL get hurt and my campus does away with fraternities and sororities for good.

Originally Posted by carnation

That's a good one, the locals on that campus have hazed openly for years.

Originally Posted by Xidelt

Lay off, Carnation. She doesn't know the situation on whatever campus you are referring to.

Actually, Xidelt, carnation is very well qualified to speak of the campus culture I was referring to as she witnessed it herself when she was a student. From what I gather it was worse then than it was when I was a student. Several of the groups didn't survive, but there are still a few that are still around.

It's very hard to explain how it's like there without giving the campus away. carnation and I were talking specifically about the locals on my campus and this shouldn't be taken as a jab to PhiAlpha or to local sororities as a whole.