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Old 10-24-2011, 01:05 PM
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To get back to the topic at hand, Lui, I would suggest that while it's important to investigate the school's rules, you also need to put an interest group together. The school may or may not be open to Greek Life. If they are a state school, even if they aren't open to Greek Life, that doesn't mean that you cannot, in the end, put a chapter on the campus. You can find all of the NIC fraternities at www.fraternityinfo.com. Finding a national sponsor is also another way to help you through the process.
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:09 PM
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There is a reason that threads like this get off topic and hardly ever organically find their way back to the topic.



Oh! Look! Ice cream!
/more random off-topicness
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:02 PM
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To get back to the topic at hand, Lui, I would suggest that while it's important to investigate the school's rules, you also need to put an interest group together. The school may or may not be open to Greek Life. If they are a state school, even if they aren't open to Greek Life, that doesn't mean that you cannot, in the end, put a chapter on the campus. You can find all of the NIC fraternities at www.fraternityinfo.com. Finding a national sponsor is also another way to help you through the process.
I would be very surprised if what is bolded above is true: The following are state schools:
Citadel
Maine Maritime Academy
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of California, San Francisco
Southern University Law Center
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:25 PM
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Does that mean you'll be taking your ice cream and going home, or will you be sharing?
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:35 PM
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Does that mean you'll be taking your ice cream and going home, or will you be sharing?
Oh, sugar pie, don't you fret, I'm not going anywhere, bless your anxious heart.
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:03 PM
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I think the point about the stitched letters was simply - don't get yourself all fired up like it's a done deal after you've had one reasonably successful meeting. I can see a group of 4 or 5 18/19 year old guys having one meeting and then going out and spending a ridiculous amount of money on apparel (and those stitched letters are ridiculously expensive) when they could 1-not be allowed by that organization and 2-be spending a truckload of money on something that's never gonna happen.
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:13 PM
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naracht, there are a lot more state schools then what you put on your list. Believe me, there are many, many, many state schools out there.
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:34 PM
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naracht, there are a lot more state schools then what you put on your list. Believe me, there are many, many, many state schools out there.
I know that there are. And your statement is true for a large number of them, but I really doubt it is true for *all* of them, and the five that I listed *are* state schools. Do you believe that your statement to be true for those five?

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Old 10-24-2011, 02:45 PM
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I know that there are. And your statement is true for a large number of them, but I really doubt it is true for *all* of them, and the five that I listed *are* state schools. Do you believe that your statement to be true for those five?

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Old 10-24-2011, 04:08 PM
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naracht, there are a lot more state schools then what you put on your list. Believe me, there are many, many, many state schools out there.
Really?

Anyway, some of us have worked with colleges and universities to bring Greek Life. My experiences tell me something that I knew before I had the firsthand experiences: Go through the school FIRST.

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Old 10-24-2011, 02:14 PM
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You don't need the university's backing to start Greek Life. You need to get it eventually, but not initially.
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:20 PM
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So, basically you get your group together and get national backing and THEN go to the school and say "Hey, I knew y'all would be against this, so I went behind your back and did it anyway...can you sign off on this now?". That is bloody brilliant strategy if I ever heard it.
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:34 PM
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Alpha, the school won't see it as going behind their back if they don't have a greek system in place. which Lui intimated they don't. If you go to the school initially, they may be supportive or may not. My point is he should have an interest group together and be investigating national orgs when he goes to the school.
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:42 PM
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I'm not talking about their individual policies. I'm talking about state schools that have greek life already...eventually they would have to let you on. I understand that some schools have banned Greek Life, and the legality of their ban is questionable if they are a state school.
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Old 10-24-2011, 03:01 PM
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Alpha, the school won't see it as going behind their back if they don't have a greek system in place.
Unless the reason they don't have a Greek system in place is because they have decided not allow Greek life. Or unless the school, unbeknownst to the student, already has a plan in place for bringing Greek life to the campus and the student is not working within that plan.

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I'm talking about state schools that have greek life already...eventually they would have to let you on.
Except that what you said was "if they are a state school, even if they aren't open to Greek life . . . ." I'm confused.
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