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Originally posted by Diamond Delta
Remember though-ALL (inter)nationals were once local.
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That's not true. Some, and Phi Kappa Psi was the first, were founded to be national. Tau Delta Phi was founded by friends, in Greenwich Village, who were attending different colleges.
Also nationals are inherently superior with regard to stability, networking opportinities, organized leadership development (locals simply don't offer this, and I'm not referring to leadership opportunities,) continous organizational improvement (locals tend to be caught in a time warp from when they were founded, and are unable to reevaluate themselves, and implement improvement. This is why they have a difficult time surviving.)
There are some locals that are over 100 years old, but they are very, very rare. If you cherish your local fraternal experience, and want to see it survive for many generations, being part of a national organization insures the maximum chance that this will happen.
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