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We've tried to get club status at Guelph which would allow us to advertise on campus. We do some advertising on classrooms, and of course the Cannon which is availaible for all students to advertise anything whether it be DU or Pi Phi, or Aggie Pub or birthdays, etc. We're not allowed to be at residences during frosh week. We can't have a booth on club days, we're not allowed to advertise in residences. Technically we can't book rooms on campus to hold our meetings unless we book it under a different name. Many times we have been a psychology seminar.
The reason the the CSA (our student government) has said we do not have club status is because we discriminate based on gender. Apparently in 1996 there was a motion passed with the CSA that gave us club status but the documents were "lost".
The school does not control whether we have a house or not. That city does that. There is one fraterity house in Guelph, Omega Tau Sigma (the vet fraternity) but they were established before the city by-law and were allowed to keep their house, letters, and all.
If we ignorred university polciy about us advertising and we were caught breaking the rules, we would be severly fined. It's a 1500 dollar fine if we're caught "soliciting"
We do the best with what we have but it's not easy, and being that there are only 2 greek groups (well 3 but OTS is by themselves) it makes it even more difficult.
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