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Originally posted by SniffDNZ098
Hey gphi. I am a /\XA at UCR and I see the news with the expansion. I also heard about the Sorority expansion too. Is that going to happen too? I hear that everyone is at house total except for DGs who are really close. Whats your thoughts?
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hi there... as far as i know, the Panhellenic chapters have voted down expansion and won't be doing it for a long time now. Last I heard, the topic of increasing house total is now on the floor. Yes, every chapter was at house total (as of Fall 2002 grade reports), except for DG who was at like 54 (total is 70, other chapters are not far over total). DG took 11 or 12 ladies for the Winter as far as I know, and will most likely hit total if they recruit in Spring. ANd at that point, the other 5 chapters may not be at total anymore because of early graduation, grades issues, studying abroad and for UCDC, etc...
My thoughts are this: Panhellenic expansion would be great, but first, the existing NPC/IFC and other social GLOs need to work TOGETHER (i.e. Greek task force, starting this Spring again... tell your chapter) and get on better terms with the University, esp. Student Life and the Residence Halls. Otherwise, the bad PR we all get is going to worsen... more Greeks need to get involved in ALL areas of campus life, esp. community service work and non-Greek letter organizations... by the way, Bear Facts apps are out... TELL YOUR CHAPTER... they're due April 1.
IFC Expansion is opening the door... Alpha Gamma Rho and a few other IFC fraternities are now patiently waiting the next IFC expansion period... probably a long way off, but if they are as patient as SigEp has been, who knows... they might just get a better chance for expanding. Being on the inside track with my job in Student Life, I would say we all, as Greeks, need to be a lot more patient... it's not necessarily the "time" for our organizations yet... but it's getting there. The new Chancellor sees our orgs in a much more positive light than Chancellor Orbach did... Vice Chancellor Sandoval (student affairs) is actually much more impressed with the Greeks recently, thanks to the new IFC Exec board and how they are operating (they are so responsible this year so far!), and we know Sandoval doesn't really like our orgs. He's actually helping to head up the Greek Task Force this year, along with the Dean of Students and some other key people... if we get them on our side, things will start to look up. As for me, I'm a senior and won't be around much longer to know all this, but if you're going to be around for a while, I have a feeling things are going to get better... good luck with that. And feel free to PM or IM me if you want to talk more...
By the way, your chapter is doing great compared the past years I've been here! I can see you guys really start to come up and get more involved and my chapter was wholly impressed when your new members came to our meeting a few weeks ago! Great job and I hope the best for you!
Carol