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Old 10-18-2015, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by clemsongirl View Post
This is an issue I've seen at Clemson, and not just with Greek housing. Less than 50% of sophomores choose to stay on campus-they want housing without RAs, rules, and that is larger and nicer than what they would get if they lived in an on-campus dorm or apartment. There isn't room for juniors and seniors to live on campus and the campus culture makes it so that few want to.
This may be a significant part of it. We had no RAs, few rules, no curfew. The chapter has a house now, but we had one floor of the dormitory and none of my sisters lived off campus the whole time I was there. We had one housekeeper who did bathrooms and hallways.

Of course, it was the '70s -- the height of "I won't live by someone else's rules". But also, none of my sisters left early due to pregnancy, drugs, or grades.
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