National "Personality"

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Originally posted by sigmadiva
From reading GC, one difference that I have noticed between NPC and NPHC sororities is that for NPC it seems that different chapters of the same org may use different colors / symbols / mascots depending on the school. For NPHC this is a big NO-NO.

Since I am not NPC, from the outside looking in, it seems that NPCs are obsessed with quota / totals - its all about numbers for every recruitment / COB event. For NPHC, the numbers can be impressive for some chapters (i.e, on some campuses AKA chapters can have 100 PNM, or 'on line' using the old term), but, there is no mandate set by the National org (as far as I am aware of for the other three NPHC sororities so correct me if I am wrong DST, AKA, ZPB members) to have cetain numbers each recruitment event with respect to the other NPHC sororities. That is why you never hear us worried about campus quota and total - those concepts do not exist for NPHC recruitment.

Can you please give examples of different chapters having different symbols/colors/mascots? I've never heard about that. Our symbols are all important to us on a National level. Some chapters have "traditions" but they are not considered at all symbols of the sorority.

Nationals doesn't set quota or totals. It's set campus by campus and figured by different numbers. I'm still confused on how some campuses do quota and all that crap so I won't go into it. Not everyone is obsessed with it, but perhaps the reasoning for those who are is because it is very rewarding to reach a goal.... the goal is quota and total. Of course people are gona be happy and strive for reaching a goal. While some may see it as a negative thing, I'm very happy that we do quota and total. It stops one organization from being a total powerhouse in the Greek system. It still happens, but on many campuses it works.