Yes, but isn't that Tri Sigma chapter in Germany located on a US military base? AS ktsnake points out, that is considered a US territory.
Funny this topic came up. As some of you may have picked up, I am currently living in England studying at the University of Bristol. In general, there is a huge drinking culture here as far as university students go. Now, hehehe...I know that many of you would be like, "woo hoo!! party!!", but there are students who feel out of place when nearly *every* society on campus has mega drinking socials.
How obnoxious is it? I visited the website of another university's archery team (I'm an archer myself) and THEY have an event where they do archery and have drinking games...at the same time!!!
(Hello? can we say dangerous??)
Anyway, What if you don't like to drink? What if you don't like to go clubbing? What if you still want to make friends and have a good time? Well, you'll feel out of place because it's the "thing to do".
I thought about the situation a bit and thought I'd rather start a new society on campus and make sure that it's not meant to be a binge drinking free-for-all. I wondered if a sorority would be an idea to consider. The problem is that the university has policies forbidding discrimination. As you all are aware, so does the US; but, fraternities and sororities were exempted from that when the law was passed in the 70s. This isn't America - so, even if a sorority was started here, I don't think we could get university recognition because of the gender discrimination factor.
Of course, being an American, there are classmates who are curious about my culture and background. To my surprise, they think that the American university system has some excellent points. I think that a sorority might be able to do well here... and we might look into starting one.
So hey, tannedcandycane, PM me if you want to start a new international sorority!!
.....Kelly