i definitely agree... some parts of the article sound pretty strange to me... i've definitely never seen stuff like it in my chapter. but i thought the part about rush made sense... when a chapter gets a "hot" pledge class, its "stock goes up" with the fraternities at that school. you'll be asked to mix more, and your name carries more prestige. if a house gets a few "bad" classes in a row, they will have less social options, at least at my college, since we really are dependent on the guys to throw mixers. we never have parties in our houses, since it's against national rules to even have alcohol in the house, and at my school rules are very strictly enforced. it would be pretty much unthinkable for us to throw a party in the chapter house. if a sorority wants a good social life apart from its own date functions, it helps to be attractive... naturally, those houses are the ones guys prefer to mix with. the same thing kind of goes for fraternities, too, though. there are some fraternities on my campus that (almost) no one will mix with.
[This message has been edited by twinstars (edited January 30, 2001).]
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