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Originally posted by russellwarshay
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No matter what AOX wnats to call themselves, they are a regional. What is so difficult to accept about the definition of a local? [/B]
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You aren't the greeklife authority and what you interpret as the "working definiton" of a "local" may well be different from what another person views. Just as how you have continued to claim that locals don't behave as well as regionals or nationals, which is a blind opinion yet it is your opinion.
If AOX wishes to define themselves as a local then they have a right to do so - it's a working definition for their group, something they are a part of, something you are not.
Not all locals are once exisiting chapters of a national. And you are using the SUNY system as a basis for your argument but there are dozens of other university systems out there along with many other regions of this country. Simply because the locals (and I guarantee not all of them) in the NE are "not behaving," it doesn't mean they all aren't. And I could guarantee that there are nationals and regionals up there doing the same.
Locals haze, nationals haze and regionals haze because they all haze. Being a chapter of a national does not guarantee better behavior and if that argument would be true, we wouldn't hear about many, or for that matter, any hazing violations by chapters of national organizations. But we do and we hear about them from locals as well.
I see insurance rates constantly on the rise for national groups. Sometimes so high that certain chapters close because they can no longer afford the insurance costs. There are reasons these costs grew so high and locals aren't the only ones to blame.
It's sad but stroll on over to the Risk Management forum and read about the hazing incidents from locals and nationals alike. There is no better behavior argument here and there would be no way to prove it either way. It's based on personal opinion or the opinions of people we know that are part of university systems which differ from those in other parts of the country.
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