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Originally Posted by HQWest
I have to say I am starting to get a little peeved at people saying the sisterhood isn't as good because of bigger pledge classes. So yeah - some of our families are bigger, doesn't mean you love your sisters less or have less love to go around. 
Come on down any time and we can show you how logistics works. You don't have one person in charge of putting together events - you have a committee. Then you aren't dependent on just one person who could get sick the day before recruitment.
You don't have formal at a tiny hotel or in the student union, you have it at a event center, the Fox Theater, or the country club like a benefit or a fundraiser. We don't drive places, we take a bus.
We get it. You like exclusivity, and you like looking down your noses at people. (BTW - Texas A&M, U. Texas, The Ohio State, Penn State, Florida - are all bigger than IUB AND have flourishing Greek life AND they rank higher too.) |
This. All of this! I've just been following this thread, but I agree completely. My campus has 7 groups and our total is at 164 and we have more girls rushing each year and are taking larger pledge classes, further increasing total. We operate normally. People can choose to live in the house, or not. There is no required time to live in. Members get charged parlor fees. We meet for chapter in a lecture hall every week. We have events. We have formal at aforementioned large venues, and we take buses. Our Chapter Life handles the Risk Management issues. It's not Alabama, but it's competitive in it's own way. And further, my sorority, our sororities, are plenty close. I know the name and details of every single one of my sisters. More sisters doesn't equal less closeness. And a forced live-in policy also doesn't equal closeness. Everyone else manages to make it work. While I respect that I haven't experienced IU, the posters making blanket statements about well, pretty much every other school, also haven't experienced our cultures. Don't think your way is the only way. It's not.