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I feel that it is our responsibility(Sigmas and Zetas)to make our presence felt. It is shameful that we have nationally-mandated auxiliaries(Sigma Beta Club, Archonettes, Pearlettes, etc.)yet we are letting many teens and future college students slip through the cracks. There is no way students at any given high school should only be involved in other Greeks' programs if there are Sigmas or Zetas on the staff. I also feel that there should be at least one auxiliary group of each in every city that has graduate chapters. A lot of these kids get turned on to ABC or XYZ early on. By the time they get to campus their mind has already been made up because there were influential members of ABC or XYZ in their lives in the past. We need to strike while the iron is hot. It would much easier to cultivate their interest then rather than to try to sway them from other organizations later. There are many cases where students who were once in other Greeks' youth groups went on to go Sigma or Zeta, but unfortunately many former Sigma Betas and Archonettes have fallen by the wayside as well. It is true that there are more research opportunities these days and there are more avenues for interestees to talk to members. However, by the time a lot of these students make it to college they already have one or two organizations in mind(and to keep it real, we are not often one of the two).
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