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I have been reading all of the no-legacy threads and debating whether to respond, but I think it bears hearing. So here is a little of my Greek life story.
I was the first in my family to go to college and therefore the first to join a sorority. Note that this was pre-RFM days, so freshman year rush led to being cross cut and then pledging sophomore year, vowing to one day be the chapter’s Rush Chair to prevent other girls from being cross cut. The year I was elected Rush Chair, my biological sister (SIS) went through. I 100% let her choose her own sorority and was ecstatic that she chose to pledge mine! Her BFF pledge sister was eventually chapter President and we spent a happy 3-4 years together as National Officers.
Fast forward a few years and BFF was diagnosed with cancer. Dear SIS was with her until the very end. Fast forward 7 months and sweet niece (SN) was born and named after BFF. Fast forward 13 years and SIS unexpectedly passes away.
SN is now in high school and with zero prompting from me says she wants to attend her mom’s alma mater and to join her mom’s sorority as a way to feel connected to both her mom SIS and to BFF. Thankfully, this is not a crazy Southern recruitment and my chapter is a solid middle of the road group and will probably welcome SN with open arms. But if my GLO adopted one of these no-legacy policies & didn’t even give her the courtesy of a first round party invitation, I would be INCENSED!
No exaggeration, there will probably be 100+ rec letters sent to the house for SN from about 7 years worth of our chapter sisters, so SN will definitely be on their radar. But, I hope that this wave of inclusivity and diversity doesn’t stop our chapters from showing a little grace and kindness toward the families that have loved them for decades.
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