It was all Greek to me....

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

So, if we're going to make this some sort of NPHC versus NPC thing, maybe someone could tell me ... would NPC members *really* be okay with, for example, some random blogger getting on the Internet and saying that she had been a Phi Mu, that the sisters in her chapter (giving enough details to identify said chapter) had been more crude and less intelligent than herself, and going on about how she had been hazed and hadn't ever really wanted to pledge in the first place, then goes on to encourage everyone to avoid the NPC altogether?

I just don't get it, but if that really would be fine with you all, okay.

I don't think it would be okay with the ones who typed in this thread but, as far as they are concerned, the problem would lie with the chapter and not the blogger. The issue would be with having a chapter where the big sisters are "dumb" and unladylike because it's a sign that recruitment is failing and women do not want to pledge the chapter. Therefore, the chapter is poorly representing the organization.

LOL...although I can see their take I also don't care how this would pan out in the nonNPHC world.

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I don't think it would be okay with the ones who typed in this thread but, as far as they are concerned, the problem would lie with the chapter and not the blogger. The issue would be with having a chapter where the big sisters are "dumb" and unladylike because it's a sign that recruitment is failing and women do not want to pledge the chapter. Therefore, the chapter is poorly representing the organization.

LOL...although I can see their take I also don't care how this would pan out in the nonNPHC world.

That's exactly it, DSTChaos. I can see you really understand where I was coming from. I don't think either way of addressing the situation is necessarily right or wrong - it's just foreign to me to be blaming the victim for being bitter over a bad experience.

To elaborate on what I said earlier, if this had happened to an AST chapter, I would IMMEDIATELY forward this to our chapter advisor and ask her to look into it, or perhaps our district president. I would be extremely upset that other ASTs were representing themselves in a way which leads to people feeling like the author...because where there's smoke, there's fire, especially in the hazing world. If I knew someone from that chapter, I would probably ask them about it, as well. The LAST thing that I personally would do is to say, "Wow, Nationals should pull her letters. She clearly doesn't want it bad enough." To me, that sounds like saying, "She couldn't handle the hazing so f*** her. If she really wanted it, the hazing wouldn't have been such a big deal."

And as far as saying that her chapter sisters aren't as smart as her...that should be clear, considering they were severe hazers. Obviously not smart.