Why Local?

AlphaFrog · #1 06-26-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

eh I only really joined so I could have greek letters in my profile and I figured that KLY looked cooler than FNM

It's wrong that I'm laughing at this, but I am.

tunatartare · #2 06-26-2006, 02:56 PM

figured you'd appreciate that

KSUViolet06 · #3 06-26-2006, 03:07 PM

It really just depends on the type of experience you're looking for. I personally was looking for a national experience for a number of reasons, but there are some girls who really don't consider that aspect of Greek Life when looking at sororities.

If the local is smaller than the other sororities, many girls who are turned off by the larger groups might want to join.

I know that the local at my schools's dues are much less expensive than even the the lowest of the NPC's dues. That makes local an option for girls who want to be Greek but for whatever reason can't afford NPC dues.

If alumnae life and involvement isn't something that is important to your Greek Life experience, then locals are an option. Let's face it, if your local is in CA and you move to NY, you're not going to have many opportunities to stay involved.

Drolefille · #4 06-26-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JocelynC

It really just depends on the type of experience you're looking for.

If the local is smaller than the other sororities, many girls who are turned off by the larger groups might want to join.

I know that the local at my schools's dues are much less expensive than even the the lowest of the NPC's dues. That makes local an option for girls who want to be Greek but for whatever reason can't afford NPC dues.

If alumnae life and involvement isn't something that is important to your Greek Life experience, then locals are an option. Let's face it, if your local is in CA and you move to NY, you're not going to have many opportunities to stay involved.

I still just feel like you're missing out. Like it isn't real.

Then again, if all locals are like KLPDaisy's...

tunatartare · #5 06-26-2006, 03:18 PM

what is real?

JenMarie · #6 06-26-2006, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

I still just feel like you're missing out. Like it isn't real.

Then again, if all locals are like KLPDaisy's...

But if you weren't looking for that option in the first place, what would you be missing out on?

And trust me, non local organizations are not immune to hazing allegations. Just look at the Risk Management forum.

AlphaFrog · #7 06-26-2006, 03:24 PM

I feel that all this thread is missing is a SHIM reference and ShamikaT.

SOPi_Jawbreaker · #8 06-26-2006, 03:45 PM

Ok, I'm not from a local, but we only have one other chapter on the east coast and it's in Maryland, and our chapters are smaller than NPC chapters, so I think it sometimes can have a similar feel to a local or regional GLO. I love that my sorority is smaller. I feel like I got to know everyone pretty well in a short amount of time. It's easier to get everyone together since there's fewer people. Some may look at it as we had more work since we had fewer members, but I see it as all members got a chance to hold leadership positions. And in any given semester, we have few, if any, girls that are just members-at-large. Our dues were lower, which makes a huge difference when your parents aren't supportive of you going Greek and you have to pay your own dues. We didn't have to follow a certain schedule of events for rush, so when I was rush chair, I had a lot of room to make decisions about what events we were going to have, how many events we were going to have, and when/where we were going to have them. This way I had the freedom to space out rush events a little bit so that nobody iis getting burned out. We also didn't have to worry about if a rushee walked out of an info session with a napkin or a soda. And lastly, even though we've had girls graduate and move far away (California, Texas, Florida, China, Korea), we still keep in touch through AIM, blogs, phone calls, and emails. And we've had alumnae use their vacation time to visit one another. During the summer (when everyone goes to their respective hometowns), we have undergrads and alumnae meeting up in Philadelphia, New York, DC, and even Seoul, Korea. We've had alumnae visit Penn State from New Jersey, New York, Virginia, California, and Illinois. Even though our alumnae may not live nearby, they're still there for the undergrads when they need help or advice or questions answered or just someone to talk to.

A little bit off on a tangent (I didn't want to start a whole other thread), but can someone from an all-local university or someone familiar with an all-local university explain to me what the school's reasons are for banning national GLO's? At Penn State, they're trying to get all the GLO's to go national and the reasoning Penn State gave was that we would be accountable to a national office and would have to follow certain rules and meet certain requirements to maintain our charters. I'm just curious as to how schools justify going to other way (not allowing nationals and only allowing locals).

Xidelt · #9 06-26-2006, 11:40 PM

[QUOTE=Drolefille]I still just feel like you're missing out. Like it isn't real.

Then again, if all locals are like KLPDaisy's...[/QUOTE

Could this thread also be posted in the Local forum?

Jimmy Choo · #10 06-26-2006, 11:55 PM

Locals are just as real as nationals. I'm truthfully shocked that we are having this discussion!!!!! The decision to go local instead of national (when national is an option) could have been made for a variety of reasons. The sisterhood/brotherhood is just as real! And in the end, the sisterhood/brotherhood was the real reason that we all joined anyway!!! It's really wrong to question how "real" someones sisterhood/brotherhood is!!!