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Old 11-07-2008, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by TigerPiPhi View Post

The officer then recommened expansion as a means to promote new interest in Panhell on campus with hopes that might somehow translate into reconsideration of AOII (or something like that, I guess), and it turned into a debate instead. Zeta happened to be recolonizing on campus (and strangely the top chapter actives were promoting this), but I never understood how that would help AOII. A new group was not going to divert attention for long from the "Core Four" nor was it going to get PNMs to consider the other existing campus groups as different but still cool ways to be Greek on campus.

I liked the first part of her talk but never understood her recommendation.
We had 5 chapters of 18 (19? Can't remember!) that struggled to make quota each year in a system that was heavily tiered. The solution from Panhel? Expansion with a new sorority. We were given some of the same explanation about creating more excitement with a new chapter. We didn't need more excitement. We had over a thousand women going through rush already. One of the key problems was the inability of the stronger chapters to panhellenically support the struggling ones. 4 of the 5 chapters that struggled have since closed.

I'm with you TigerPiPhi. I never understood this recommendation.
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