Kappa Beta Gamma/Kappa Delta

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by PhiRhoSister

I wrote this in another thread, but it is one thing to accept a local sorority or a group that had its roots with another national sorority. It is another to actually initiate a whole group of women who were once initiated in another "national sorority". National fraternities do this, but national sororities do not -- regardless if they are part of NPC, NPHC, etc.

Why is it different? Do women of local sororities owe less allegiance to their chapters? Soronian is a local sorority with a longer history than the NPC. Would taking over Soronian be less objectionable to taking over a chapter of a national organization? The women of KBG at F&M made the decision to join KD...they can do that. Obviously they were not getting what they needed as a group from KBG nationals. I don't think you can accuse the NPC of stealing chapters from KBG. We all are at risk of losing chapters if we don't do everything necessary to provide the experience that the women of our chapters are seeking. I hope KBG's other chapters are happy, and that they are able to expand as they wish. Chapters of local sororities and national sororities have been incorporated many, many times into NPC orgs. I don't think that the decision was ever made lightly on either side.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Why is it different? Do women of local sororities owe less allegiance to their chapters? Soronian is a local sorority with a longer history than the NPC. Would taking over Soronian be less objectionable to taking over a chapter of a national organization?

Yeah, I was going to say that if a 100+ year old local's active sisters all of a sudden woke up one day and said (without any pressure from the college to change their status) "Being local sucks! We're going NPC!" that would probably have WAY greater repercussions.

I do wonder if the women could have all just disaffiliated as a group, made an interest group and then turned into Kappa Delta, thereby leaving the KBG chapter open for those women who wanted to join. I am just grasping at straws but I wouldn't be surprised if the school put the kibosh on that idea.