Is this legal? Deactivated one NPC, now part of a new NPC.

[PsychTau2]

Ya'll haven't even mentioned calling the Greek Advisor at the other campus.

Example: Jessica Marie Smith fills out a recruitment application and notes that she is a transfer student (because we have to check GPAs) from East Coast University. I shoot an email over to ECU's Greek Advisor and ask them to check their roster database for her name. If a Jessica Marie Smith shows up, we do some more investigative work.

Of course, this is assuming that Greek Advisors keep their roster information in easily searchable databases, which I think most do now in order to run GPA reports easier. Instead of calling 10 NPC chapters at ECU, I call (or email) one person.

Sure, bigger universities might see this as too time consuming, but it's up to each campus Panhellenic to decide how concerned they want to become with this issue. If a chapter member is suspicious about someone, they can bring it up with the Greek advisor.

PsychTau

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by PsychTau2

Ya'll haven't even mentioned calling the Greek Advisor at the other campus.

Example: Jessica Marie Smith fills out a recruitment application and notes that she is a transfer student (because we have to check GPAs) from East Coast University. I shoot an email over to ECU's Greek Advisor and ask them to check their roster database for her name. If a Jessica Marie Smith shows up, we do some more investigative work.

Of course, this is assuming that Greek Advisors keep their roster information in easily searchable databases, which I think most do now in order to run GPA reports easier. Instead of calling 10 NPC chapters at ECU, I call (or email) one person.

Sure, bigger universities might see this as too time consuming, but it's up to each campus Panhellenic to decide how concerned they want to become with this issue. If a chapter member is suspicious about someone, they can bring it up with the Greek advisor.

PsychTau

Yep. I agree. The greek life office would be the first place that I would call. I would think they would have lists of members, and if it became a priority, then they certainly could. If people were worried about who was really asking for the info., the calls could be from one school official to another, rather than chapter to greek life office.

[amanda6035]

but for AXiD, whenever we pledge a new member and send in their paperwork, we have to submit an "anticipated" initiation date. Prior to that date, FHQ sends us back a letter granting us permission to initiate those women. Granted, we've never received a "no you may not initiate this person" from FHQ - but I figured if we were being given permission to initiate them, then there must not have been a membership problem...

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I'm pretty sure the age limit thing doesn't apply across the board...we've had 16 year olds go through.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl

I'm pretty sure the age limit thing doesn't apply across the board...we've had 16 year olds go through.

I was 16, but I did have to have my parents sign the financial statements.

[Ocalagirl]

Yeah, a friend of mine was 16 when she became a new member of Alpha Chi Omega. I wonder if there are any libality issues with a minor pledging an GLO?

It's interesting to see this discussion about NMs being minors.

I know that it was definitely a different kind of time when our organizations were founded, but I recall reading somewhere that several our Founders were teenagers themselves when they established our organizations.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by OTW

It's interesting to see this discussion about NMs being minors.

I know that it was definitely a different kind of time when our organizations were founded, but I recall reading somewhere that several our Founders were teenagers themselves when they established our organizations.

It's interesting to read stuff about how the age at which people were regarded as essentially adult or mature has changed over time.

The founders were amazing and it's hard to imagine very many groups of undergraduate woman today who would be able to do something similar today, at least in part because of additional red tape everywhere.

This is kind of a different issue from the legal idea of being under 18, but I think about how much additional concerns were introduced with the drinking age became 21. It happened before I was in college, so I didn't witness the change first hand, but it would seem like going from almost everyone in the group being legally adult for all purposes to the idea that some people are minors in some areas was probably weird too.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Ocalagirl

Yeah, a friend of mine was 16 when she became a new member of Alpha Chi Omega. I wonder if there are any libality issues with a minor pledging a GLO?

I guess there could be as far as signing contracts and such, but I would think that would apply across the board (i.e. campus housing). It's probably an issue that is going to come up more if we see more kids who have been homeschooled and able to graduate early entering college at earlier ages.

[carnation]

My sister and I both entered college at 16. During rush, no one even asked my age.