Delta Gamma Eliminates Legacy Policy

[Jen]

I have never really been on board with the idea of legacies. I don't see why my membership means someone I'm related to gets an advantage. As a PNM I'd rather be on equal footing with everyone than having an "edge" because I was expelled out of someone's uterus once.

[33girl]

I just hope this gets publicized REALLY REALLY A LOT so the other sororities take it into account and don’t all drop a girl because they assume she’ll be high up enough on her legacy chapter’s list.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I think that to some degree whether you think this concept is awful or great also has to do with your collegiate experience and where your chapter was in the pecking order of your campus and within your national organization. Also whether it concerns a legacy to the siame chapter.

Originally Posted by 33girl

I just hope this gets publicized REALLY REALLY A LOT so the other sororities take it into account and don’t all drop a girl because they assume she’ll be high up enough on her legacy chapter’s list.

I believe the concept of Delta Gamma eliminating a sorority legacy policy that worked for generations, but is now found too confining, has merit. NPC groups have obviously evolved their Membership Selection Methods in many ways since 1851; how is this decision such a drag? Is DG really sacrificing a high tradition of legacy membership for something much worse? Not in my opinion.

[carnation]

Jen, for many people, it's not just the expulsion. The moms/grandmothers/sisters have often shown them the pins, introduced their sisters to them, sung them the songs, etc., for many years. I did all that with my daughters and most of y'all know that none even went to a school with my sorority. Still, it would have been nice to share the bond with one of the nine.

33, agreed. This happened to my niece back in 2005--she was an in-house legacy to one group and probably would have fit better in others, yet she was cut to 2 groups right off.