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Originally Posted by southernbuff
What I need help understanding is, not only the point Bravemaroon brings up, but this...why hasn't NPC stepped in to balance this environment so that more PNMs can be placed. I was shocked that nearly half of the girls who signed up for recruitment did not match. (I realize many women drop during the process). NPC set the precident this year by intervening at Arkansas...can we hope Indiana could be next? Could you imagine how much more vibrant the IU greek community would be if chapters could grow in size to match the interest in being greek. IM just glad my own daughter had no interest in IU...I would have had grey hair for sure?
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The first bold section you posted is a tad misleading. There are girls who maximize their options all the way through preference who do not get placed. And this number is shrinking each year due to extension. The majority of girls who do not finish the process,
drop out voluntarily. They believe they are too good for the chapters they have remaining on their schedules. The women spend the entire first semester finding out which chapters are considered "top" and which ones are considered less desirable. Their egos come into play more so on this campus than any other in the Big 10. The ridiculous "tier" structure is ingrained and moves at a glacial pace. Yes, there is some movement, but it is slight. Also, figured into this statistic are the women who start the process in December and then do not make grades to continue in January. This should be alleviated some because all of recruitment has been moved to January.
NPC did not intervene at Arkansas. NPC was invited to help create a temporary solution. I do not see Indiana inviting the NPC to come in at any time in the future.
I am sad, as a very proud alumna, that your daughter had no interest in Indiana. We have some high quality programs. Jacobs School of Music is considered the No. 1 music school in the country at a public university. The only music school considered on par with Jacobs is Julliard. Our Kelley School of Business, School of Journalism, School of Environment and Public Affairs are also considered among the nation's best. Our Hoosier Basketball team is fun to watch. And we do have quite the soccer team reigning NCAA champions!
Every school in the Big Ten does offer its students a quality education on some beautiful campuses. (Had to get my Big Ten plug in there)
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
NPC jumped in at Arkansas because Arkansas requested the assistance. You have to want to change. NPC can't force change. It is a group based on Unanimous Agreements. That means all the groups at Indiana would have to agree to change from bed rush for NPC to do anything about it. The HQs haven't done anything, I'm sure, because alumnae of these chapters would kick up holy hell. The chapters are also strong and from an organizational standpoint, I'd bet they look at it as a "Why fix what isn't broken" situation. They have great demand for their product. Why would they change? The bad publicity hasn't reached a point to force change. It's only a matter of time before the IU administration will have enough. Expansion will only help so much. They'll reach a tipping point then we'll see change.
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AOII Angel, you nailed it. Looking back as an 18-22 year old girl, I thought that IU was the best. We had it all going on. I am sure the current sorority women feel much the way I did. Now, as an adult, I do see how different we are/were. This is why I take no offense when someone calls IU the ultimate special snowflake. I do see the financial aspect of it now, more women=more money. This is the aspect I cannot believe has not enticed some of the national organizations to step in and push their chapters to change.
I do not know what will cause change or if it will ever occur. I do know that Indiana would like to be the first campus to have all 26 NPC chapters represented on campus. I believe they see adding chapters as the way to include more in women in the system
Go IU. //climbing off the Hoosier soapbox now
