Why So Many Greek Letter Orgs?

[CULater]

well, to give credit, a lot of our chapters have just started to be founded in the past 5-10 years, and they are slowly expanding.

As far as 2nd-5th generation, you only have to look at the # of asian/latin fraternities and sororities in California to see that people are still joining by the droves. LTA's biggest line (29) was UCLA (spring 2008), and I know personally asian sororities in cali get soooo many girls to rush, bids, pledge, etc.

so, who knows, I agree it will be interesting 50 years from now where we all are...

[Elephant Walk]

[QUOTE=CULater;1651897]LTA's biggest line (29) was UCLA (spring 2008), and I know personally asian sororities in cali get soooo many girls to rush, bids, pledge, etc.QUOTE]

I've always found this fairly interesting and it is a total hijack of the thread...but why do Latino/other ethnic group sororities tend to follow the BGLO pattern instead of the traditionally white GLO pattern?

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I've always found this fairly interesting and it is a total hijack of the thread...but why do Latino/other ethnic group sororities tend to follow the BGLO pattern instead of the traditionally white GLO pattern?

This isn't necessarily the case. But, first, what are the characteristics of a "BGLO pattern" and a "traditionally white GLO pattern"?

[knight_shadow]

[QUOTE=Elephant Walk;1652704]

Originally Posted by CULater

LTA's biggest line (29) was UCLA (spring 2008), and I know personally asian sororities in cali get soooo many girls to rush, bids, pledge, etc.QUOTE]

I've always found this fairly interesting and it is a total hijack of the thread...but why do Latino/other ethnic group sororities tend to follow the BGLO pattern instead of the traditionally white GLO pattern?

I know there have been threads about this in the past. I'll post links if I can find any.

[preciousjeni]

[QUOTE=knight_shadow;1652726]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I know there have been threads about this in the past. I'll post links if I can find any.

I don't recall any threads that talk about why orgs go one way over another. But, I do know that there are many LGLOs/AGLOs/MCGLOs/etc. that use a more structured NPC-style formal recruitment as well as those that do things other ways. And, there are some that pledge in classes and some that pledge in lines, with all the differences that those words imply.

Within multicultural sororities, some, like Delta Xi Phi, are much more NPC-style oriented than orgs like Theta Nu Xi. And, others, like Zeta Sigma Chi, do things similarly to LGLOs. But, in all cases, it's not purely one way or another. Each org has its own uniqueness, so it's too simple to say they have NPC characteristics vs. NPHC characteristics.

I would also say that people don't allow for the possibility that newer orgs are creating a different category altogether that borrows from many different traditions. I believe it's in the "Incorporated" thread where an NPHCer stated that newer orgs emphasize innnnnncorporated because the founders thought it was cool when NPHC orgs did it. However, that's not entirely the case. OF COURSE, newer orgs borrow from older orgs, but it is not simply copycatting. The newer orgs may adopt some traditions, but they make them their own...similar to the way older organizations borrowed traditions from even older organizations and made them their own. And, honestly, some of the traditions that Greeks consider "theirs" today were a) not developed or instituted at the founding and, worse, b) frowned upon by the founders when they were still living.

Perhaps this topic should be brought up for discussion in its own thread. It may make for a good conversation. Want to start it, knight_shadow?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

I don't recall any threads that talk about why orgs go one way over another.

I just tried finding links to previous threads, but I think answers have been mixed in with the "Why are there LGLOs/MCGLOs" and "Incorporated" threads.

Perhaps this topic should be brought up for discussion in its own thread. It may make for a good conversation. Want to start it, knight_shadow?

Will do

ETA:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=96395