Thinking About Disaffiliation

[*winter*]

Ok, I'm going to jump into this one.

I'm not NPC or MGC but a service organization...and I joined quite some time ago. Fall 2000, to be exact.

Well, when we were a pledge (called such) we did a lot! We had "pledge books" and interviewed every sister in the sorority (fortunately it was small). We had mandatory service hours and we had to work as a pledge class to complete a project for the sisterhood. We had to earn points to be initiated.

I did all of these things with a smile, no psychological damage, and went on to enjoy my time in the sorority.

Fast forward nine years to discovering GC...all of a sudden, here are all the fun activities we did, and they're being listed as HAZING! Now I can take this one of two ways: I can think OMG I WAS HAZED! Or I can really question some of the things the new hazing rules cover (and we could, and have debated this all day, but that's for another thread).

I'm not saying the scenario is the exact same as yours- it may not be. And I'm fairly certain all of these things have been phased out by now (in my group). The point is, it's up to you to decide what you want to do with this information. If someone could get hurt, by all means, try to put an end to it. That's the most important thing. If that's not an issue, the it's up to you to decide how to proceed. I mean- turn on the news. Someone's GLO is on there all the time for doing (insert dangerous/stupid/overzealous thing) every other day. I doubt anyone is judging those alumni members over these sorts of issues (even when something really serious happens- and visit the Risk Management forum- it's quite often, sadly).

I think the bigger question is, is this whole career the right choice for you? You're lukewarm about Greek Life, it doesn't seem like you can list a lot of benefits you've gotten from it, you don't like your own organization, and if you disaffiliate, you will be potentially hurting yourself professionally. I just wonder what attracted you to a GL position in the first place?