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Originally Posted by TinyDancer98
Our campus is working towards no-frills recruitment, but as we're a northern, smaller campus, it's very different. It's worked well for the most part on our campus (recruitment budgets tended to be on the lower end anyway, and regulating these really just leveled out the chapters with wealthier alums that paid to have parties catered, donated extravagant flower arrangements, etc), but if they tried to cut songs/chants out of our recruitment it definitely wouldn't go over well! I come from a very vocal chapter and songs play a very important role in our recruitment, particularly pref. For the most part, the changes have been apparent in lack of decorations and food, which hasn't really been an issue except for pref (one chapter serves a dessert that plays a role in their pref ceremony). I don't really see the reduction of "frills" as a bad thing, but I think it definitely depends on the campus climate as to what works and what doesn't.
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That's the idea of this is to eventually go completely no frills, by next year is the projected complete no frills. There hasn't been food or drink served during recruitment in 2 years and even 3 years ago it was only drinks during pref, 4 years ago it was full on food and drinks. Chapters haven't worn matching outfits in at least 5 years because "it's just creepy" (to quote of Pan Pres). This year we are allowed tables and covers with chairs. No elaborate center pieces or flowers and such. During pref we may have a banner thing with lights and pretty much whatever we want on it, as long as its with in certain demensions. I forget the exact demensions but it almost 3/4 of a wall in the townhouses I believe. As for campus climate Memphis is a 90% communter campus, with a student population over over 21000 and only about 6% of those are Greek, and a statistic we throw out a LOT is that 98 percent of campus leader are Greek
. We have 7 NPCs and chapter total is 65, only one (or now possibly two after much COB) is at total. If we don't get more women to go through next year there is talk of dropping total to 60.