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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Yes, this happened at my school. Sigma Kappa Nu, or the SKNs (pronounced as "skins") were forced to go national, but they chose not to, and they are no longer recognized by campus. However, they do still attend some Greek events, they have a house and host parties that are attended by many students, and they have an annual football game that they play against Delta Chi (which they used to play against KDR up until 3 years ago). They are still prominent on campus, they still wear their letters, they do still recruit and get new members (although no one is really sure how) and they show up at Greek events open to all students, but they can not actively participate in them.
As CrackerBarrel mentioned, one of the main reasons for my campus doing this was the concern with a lack of insurance. It's a liability issue for the school that they don't want put on their shoulders.
And actually, the Delta Chi chapter was originally a local fraternity, Beta Upsilon Nu (or the BUNs! haha) and they chose to go national, although I'm not sure if this was a result of pressure from the university.
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Interestingly, in my experience, as long as a local doesn't care about campus recognition I haven't really seen it hurt it much..minus them not getting a say in IFC/PHC stuff. When it comes down to it, if the actives say you're a member and the alumni say you're a member, what do you care if the campus does? You have no nationals that can do anything to you...and the school loses the right to discipline you and hold you to things like rush rules and so on. As with the SKNs, other Greeks will usually still recognize you as well.
Not that I'm advocating this, but I've seen locals do this and it's worked out nicely for them - better than when they were affiliated with campus.
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