Mixed campuses (nat'ls and locals)

[OmegaPDPrez]

Here at my school there are no other local organizations ( i dont see any other letters) and i belive it is because this univ. does not allow the registration of local groups... All there is to choose from is nat'l. While i love all greek life, i agree with Pi Rho- that people should have the choice to go local too! Here not many people like the nat'l groups we have(sorority wise, im not sure about the fraternities) which is one of the reasons why i like OPD..... Pi Rho..im going to PM you about how you registered on your campus as we are going through the same 'ish here for registration...

[GC2theEC]

My sorority is the only local organization on campus. I was in the most recent pledge class to go through and I have to admit that I was turned off to a local at first because a. I researched all the groups before hand and couldn't find a lot of information on mine. and b. Gamma Chi traditionally keeps itself smaller. Being naive I associated quantity with quality.

A lot of girls went to the national because they just wanted the letters. There are girls that want to get by doing nothing and girls who don't even recognize their sisters. Meanwhile I was shown how crucial sisters are to a local sorority. We're involved in NPC, do a ton of events around campus, and even though it's small it's packed with strong personalities and leaders from around campus.

So, I wouldn't even look at it as an issue of competing with nationals because real quality girls won't be in it just to get "the name."

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by GC2theEC

Meanwhile I was shown how crucial sisters are to a local sorority.

Sisters are crucial to NPC sororities also. Just putting that out there. I'd hate for this to turn into a "national sorority bashing" thread.

[GC2theEC]

Sorry, I didn't word that well. I was referring to sister input as far as the self-governing aspect goes.

[I_Heart_Sigma]

We are the only local at our school and it wasn't until we started trying to go National that I even considered if we were competing with the natls. We pull from a completely different group than the Nationals do. Only about three or four of our girls went through formal recruitment. We offer a different sort of experience through recruitment, and through the sisterhood. Not better, just different. Part of that being that we're Jewish, and though about half of our members are not Jewish, we embrace the morals and holidays as a group which changes things a lot. When we approached our school's PHC about expansion though, we were told that there are a lot of Jewish Girls in the greek system already, and that we shouldn't be in the place to compete with the other sororities that have brought in Jewish girls.