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Originally posted by Betarulz!
A lot of people are saying that it depends on your campus, and to an extent that is true...only if very few of the chapters (1 or 2) have a chapter house.
Others have said that a house shouldnt' be necessary b/c sisterhood/brotherhood isn't made by living in a house.
That may be true, but remember this is a competition for rushees.
Remember to look at this from a rushee's perspective: if everythign is fairly equal what are they more likely to choose? Not saying all rushees arent' sophisticated enough to look beyond a house, but I think that it is safe to say that 99% aren't!!! Don't believe me? I'm sure if you look through some of the rush threads you will notice comments time and time again about decorations, house set up, whether the rushee liked the house, etc. IT IS IMPORTANT!!!!1
We who are on the other side know that a house is not the most important thing, but that has only come from our experiences. But again I think most people agree that when they were going through rush they weren't thinking that way...
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I totally agree with you. Houses do make an impression on PNMs - and
not having one when everyone else does will make it that much easier when it comes time to make cuts. Who are we kidding when we say PNMs should look past whats on the surface, like a house, and choose a group because of the great sisterhood, which they know nothing about yet or have experienced - the whole rush process is superfical! we choose new members based on 30 minute conversations!
On my campus it's pretty traditional that after living in the dorms your freshman year, you move into your sorority/fraternity house your sophomore year if you are greek. I just think of how much better I got to know girls and how much fun I had staying up all night, always having someone to do things with - and I would surely miss it if we didn't have a house!
I really really hope good things happen with this new sorority. Last year a new fraternity (AEPi) came to campus and were housed in a regular house compared to the big traditional fraternity houses, and after the inital colonizing members (i think there were about 10-15) they didn't get any more new members. Well this year they moved into a big, beautiful old fraternity house right along the river and bam, they got 14 NMs during formal recruitment - thats great for a fraternity on my campus!