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Originally posted by bolingbaker
I do not understand WHY the system leaders limit themsleves to just the people "who come through rush". Why do they have to come through rush? Why don';t aggressive fraternity & sorority members go seek new members out and solicit them to pledge? I do not understand WHY sororities, especially, put such resrtictions on smaller houses. Under the strict rules of formal rush, they can never get better. On a traditional campus where there are large, established sororities alongside weak sororities suffereing low membership, the small ones NEVER, EVER grow to competitive size, and the large ones NEVER, EVER fail to get their numbers. Don't want them to fail, but strict rush rules INSURE that no one else will ever succeed. Thank goodness most fraternities don't have rush rules. Take the shackles off! Allow the women to rush whenever they want - summer, fall, winter & spring. And don't make a rushee have to go through the whole process just to get a bid. If the 200-women houses want to limit their rush to formal rush, then fine. No problem. Rush rules are the biggest detriment to the growth and development of Greek organizations.
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Women in chapters under total ARE allowed to give bids whenever they want. It's called Continuous Open Bidding. We had many women pledge who never came through formal rush or even went to a rush party at all.
If there are smaller chapters who don't do this, then they are shooting themselves in the foot. The only thing that can hurt this is if the SCHOOL has regulations against it, because NPC doesn't. You can give a woman a bid, she signs it, and it is good for up to one calendar year.