Alpha Phi Alpha Joins NIC

[33girl]

Originally posted by DST4A00
excuse my ignorance but what is greek week?

Greek Week is a friendly (theoretically) competition between fraternities and sororities. There are athletic and other types of events, like a college bowl type thing, and either a lip sync contest or a contest with actual singing.

Depending on the campus, sometimes fraternities and sororities pair up to form teams, sometimes not.

[DST4A00]

Originally posted by 33girl
Greek Week is a friendly (theoretically) competition between fraternities and sororities. There are athletic and other types of events, like a college bowl type thing, and either a lip sync contest or a contest with actual singing.

Depending on the campus, sometimes fraternities and sororities pair up to form teams, sometimes not.

cool that sounds like fun! I wish they'd done that at my school. Sometimes I hate that I pledged in my senior year.

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by Rain Man

Now I wonder if Delta will join the NPC....
(j/k )

No. There really is no reason to.

[Dionysus]

Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
Is this sarcasm?

Not at all. Greek week seems like a pretty exciting event, I can't see why any chapters would not want to participate.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally posted by ladygreek
No. There really is no reason to.

Ah come on. Don't you want to learn door chants and obsess over your membership numbers? It'll be fabulous!

/sarcasm

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by Dionysus
Not at all. Greek week seems like a pretty exciting event, I can't see why any chapters would not want to participate.

Greek Week isn't a big deal to everyone (including myself) however it is a written or unwritten "requirement" on some campuses. Obligation to participate sometimes supercedes desire to participate.

Some small chapters will opt out because it is unfair to commit a 5 member chapter to Greek Week activities when other chapters have 50+ members whose time they can rotate. Another reason chapters will opt out is if certain Greek Week activities conflict with organizational protocol.

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by starang21
because someone feels like it.

?? Nice response.

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
[B
Some small chapters will opt out because it is unfair to commit a 5 member chapter to Greek Week activities when other chapters have 50+ members whose time they can rotate. Another reason chapters will opt out is if certain Greek Week activities conflict with organizational protocol. [/B]

That's why they pair up the groups.

[texgal]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
That's why they pair up the groups.

Not all schools pair up though, which does make it harder for smaller chapters. But they can prevail - in the last three years one of the smallest chapters on my campus has placed in the top 3 twice. Not that I'm knocking Greek Week. It's my 2nd favorite week of the year.

[ladygreek]

Originally posted by SoCalGirl
Ah come on. Don't you want to learn door chants and obsess over your membership numbers? It'll be fabulous!

/sarcasm

We do that already .

[mccoyred]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
Whats the point in being in both, other than having to pay both the NPHC and NIC dues?

That is beside the real point. The fact is that this announcement is not the earth-shattering, world-changing, cataclysmic event that Earp made it out to be.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by Rain Man
Now I wonder if AKA or Delta will join the NPC....
(j/k )

In a word: No.

Reason: Recruitment

NPC has very different membership selection then NPHC sororities. I just don't think our rush process would work for them, and I doubt NPC would give that up to include D9 GLOS.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
?? Nice response.

I interpret his post as saying that it serves no grand purpose or masterplan other than that they decided they wanted to do it.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
In a word: No.

Reason: Recruitment

NPC has very different membership selection then NPHC sororities. I just don't think our rush process would work for them, and I doubt NPC would give that up to include D9 GLOS.

So being a part of the NPC would mean that everyone has to participate in the rush process?

If that's the case then I agree with you.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally posted by texgal
Not all schools pair up though, which does make it harder for smaller chapters. But they can prevail - in the last three years one of the smallest chapters on my campus has placed in the top 3 twice. Not that I'm knocking Greek Week. It's my 2nd favorite week of the year.

Correct--not all schools pair up.

Sure small chapters can prevail if they have people who can commit time to a Greek Week. Having 5 people in a chapter puts a lot of pressure to alter your schedule accordingly. However a large chapter has more people's schedules to consider so they can pick and choose participants based on that.

I do think that Greek Week is a good and important idea. Just not something that's on the top 100 list of everyone's undergrad Greek experiences.