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Originally Posted by barnard1897
It is seriously hurting the system when a large number of women are being turned away from membership.
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Actually, it is hurting the impression that NPC wants to give (see the "belief statement") that everyone can join a sorority. I don't think this is the truth, and I honestly doubt that most sorority members do either. I'm sure that all those NPC leaders cut women for dumb reasons AND good reasons during their collegiate years.
Do IU sorority members generally stay active throughout all four years of college? Are they involved and enthusiastic alumnae?
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Originally Posted by barnard1897
I don't know of a single NPC leader who would be ok with purposely bidding under quota or total. I can only speak for my own GLO's policies, where, even if a chapter is 1 under quota or total, they must recruit informally or snap bid to get to those numbers set by the CPH.
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NPC leaders =/= students who are actually joining the groups, members who actually have to live with (as in interact day to day, not literally live) the new members who are chosen and alumnae who are supporting the groups. See my response to the next paragraph:
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Originally Posted by barnard1897
When NPC's belief statement reads: "The young woman who wants fraternity experience will find it possible to belong on most campuses today" and the chapters at IU are not all working towards that as a goal, I do think there is a serious concern that cannot be dismissed as "their prerogative." As I am sure many GCers would agree, we personally cherish our sorority experiences and would not trade them for anything. I feel it is a unique, special time in one's college life, and while we in NPC do not promise membership, we do promote the chance for every woman who wants it to have the fairest structure in which to do so. I do not feel I am being the least bit hyperbolic in saying that the IU system's denial of membership to many hundreds of women, based on the structure and not the individual qualities of these women, is a travesty. Most women do not get a second chance if they can't get a bid as a freshman. It's not impossible as a sophomore, but undoubtedly the odds are stacked against an upperclassman.
I personally would not favor expansion at a school that has not done all it can within its existing system to increase membership opportunities.
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How is IU's system any less fair than the SEC schools where women must have recs to get anywhere (even if the school's website says the exact opposite), sophomores are considered Methuselah, and a huge number of legacies exist making the opportunities for non-legacies slim in some chapters? With the amount of women interested in sorority membership at these schools, I think they could very easily each have large chapters of all 26 NPC sororities. Why haven't they increased membership opportunities in that way? (You don't have to answer. We all know why.)
Yeah, maybe a lot of good women are getting overlooked at IU, but it's HARDLY the only place where that is happening. They're just being a little more straight up about it.
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