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Originally Posted by DrPhil
LOL. I had typed a post but decided not to post. In the 1990s, my chapter hated Greek Week. We considered it an NPC-IFC-centered waste of our time.**
They tried to require our participation but we fought that tooth and nail. We agreed to participate in later years but it still was a hassle because we are an intentionally small chapter. Although we were friends with some NPC and IFC members, Greek Week wasn't fun. We would much rather hang out with other GLOs without a formal Greek Week.
They unfortunately had the same Greek Life advisor for all of the GLOs. We didn't pay that advisor any mind and only cared what the Delta chapter advisor, et al. dictated.
**This was also connected to the notion that NPC and IFC are "real" sororities and fraternities whereas the rest of the GLOs were for "those people." That is correlated with race and ethnicity which is why it grates my nerves when national bodies like NPC present themselves as representing "all sororities" and "the sororities."
/there ya have it
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I considered the "no matter the letter, we're all Greek together" stuff to be bullshit. We have had GC discussions about the "all-inclusive" Greek thing and how it reminds some of us of most multicultural churches. Invite the non-white people but everything will be based on white culture(s).
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THANK YOU!!! This is exactly how I was thinking. We don't have a problem with the Greek Unity idea, but when one NPC Chapter is larger than the entire NPHC x3, it's just...Idk. Different.
Our current Greek Life Coordinator is saying we will face disciplinary actions if we don't participate, but in order to participate we have to buy these shirts, and honestly, we don't have money like that to purchase shirts for no reason. The larger chapters can add on fees on their dues and have ample money left over, but we dont.
And yes, she is def a member of a NPC sorority so I feel she views us as "others". I've heard her mention at our school's Black Grad ceremony a few years ago that she wishes she wasn't associated with the Black Greeks and was upset how we are allowed to stroll at the end..etc. It's just a battle I feel I have to prepare for and I wanted to see how other schools handle it.
I tried to explain it to someone else that even though she's Black and Greek, she's not necessarily a Black Greek. I'm a Pan African Studies major and I just have issues with her continuously trying to force us to act like a NPC org. We even tried meeting her halfway and asking if we could host a yard show/stroll comp during Greek Week and that got shut down TOO quickly. Smh.
For everyone else commenting,
THANK YOU as well!
I have a President's Meeting with the GL Coordinator on Wednesday and I wanted to ask her why it's mandatory for us to participate, but I wanted to see how other universities handle this.
We have to do Quarterly Reviews too and Binders, and the NPC/IFC get awards on their regional level for some of the stuff they are mandated to do, but our org is different and these mandatory events are just taxing and time consuming.
I want to see if we can have a seperate NPHC Advisor, since they understand we don't necessarily recruit for the numbers and aren't trying to have a line of 50+ every year.
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