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Originally Posted by Oldest_Pledge
And why isn't Beta Theta Pi being a social leader on campus (any campus) and looking to bring all male GLOs under one "Unified IFC?"
What is Beta Theta Pi doing on these campuses (those experiencing growth of other Greek Councils) to make us equally "attractive" (for the lack of a better word?
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To answer the first question- at every school I know, ALL registered GLOs are managed through a central Greek Life office affiliate with the school. So at the campus level there will be a central oversight function of some sort.
When I was in school- we used the term "IFC" to refer to that office since just about every fraternity was an IFC organization, but now that there are large numbers of GLOs operating under their own councils it is important to note that IFC is actually something at the international level for some GLOs and it is not really up to any one fraternity to try and unify it with other councils. I don't see the value in that unless everyone wants it- and there is no reason for Beta to work towards it that I can see.
Different GLOs have different structures and needs from a national governing council. NPHC organizations have very different recruitment policies than IFC groups- and I do not see any benefit in trying to have them under one council and one set of unified rules.
As for what Beta is doing at campuses- I see that largely as an issue for a given chapter at a given school.
GF can and should provide incentives (such as RTS) to encourage chapters to align their own rush efforts to attract good candidates, but it is very dangerous to start incentivizing or requiring rush efforts that are based on personal criteria (i.e. race, religion, nationality etc.) It is one thing to support scholastic excellence- but quite another to try and force some kind of diversity (which is hard to define anyway) when that is something that naturally has to be largely reflected by a given student population interested in being in a fraternity from which rush candidates are selected.
It is up to alumni of each chapter to offer guidance and suggestions when such things are welcomed, and then you go from there.
I think I understand your advocacy and in the grand scheme of things the sooner people get to know the real world and how to get along with everyone the better- but you really cannot use that thought to force rush policies on a chapter. And most chapters are going to be very reluctant to push rush-related views on another chapter since they know that will open them up to the same kind of intrusion.
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