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Originally posted by Discogoddess:
I'm going to guess that caps are put in place by universities in the same spirit as universities (Dartmouth being the most recent harsh example) regulating and sometimes punishing GLOs regarding alcohol, housing and other issues. If an organization is housed at a school or takes school money for any reason or the school is part of the chapter's charter, then the school has a right to regulate the actions/policies of that chapter.
I'm going to also guess that caps are more of a concern at very large public universities or HBCUs whose students have had tremendous interest in GLOs. With the elimination of pledging, lines seem to have gotten larger and larger, and caps MAY (don't know this for sure) be a way to deal with that issue (not sure why the university would be concerned, but just guessing). Btw, does anyone know of lines of 30+ before 1990?
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DG you are correct. caps are not an issue for BGLO's that consistently have small lines say at predominately white universities. But for HBCU's there is a need to establish limits due to the larger # of interested persons. Even before 1990 HBCU's have had larger lines then white universities and it has increased tremendously due to new policies set by NPHC.
AKAtude universities get involved because they are responsible to a degree for the organizations and happenings that they allow on their campuses. If they have experienced problems and feel caps will eliminate them then it is their right to do so (although the chapter and students may not like it
). After all they do allow us to have sororities and fraternities on campus, it is a priviledge not a right and not all schools allow them. Allow meaning if the campus doesn't want sororities or fraternities on campus they can ban them, its their right whether we like it or not (unless there is a law giving us soro/frat protection now
, their main concern is education. just like they can set the guideline for gpa requirements if they so choose.
I think we need to be clear on the issue of caps. If the sorority's governing body or nationals is also in agreement with the caps set up by a university then students must accept it and work that much harder to make themselves the most desirable candidates so that they will be one of the chosen few. Nothing is done under a rock i'm sure the sorority national body has a say in this type of decision and if they are against a cap policy then that is one thing and i'm sure they have the resources to deal with unfavorable university policies.
I'm not saying its fair to students i do feel for them, it makes the competition more fierce, but it is life. However the reasons why a sorority would agree to line caps even outside of university policy in my OPINION is simply NOT the affairs of non sorority members (although it may interest them and appear relevant to them at the time), just like non sorority members do not determine the process by which they come into the sorority, that is up to the chapter and her governing body. Think about it, if there is no line cap at some schools whether written or implied and every one that attends rush qualifies etc. etc. then should all 400 girls make line? a line cap simply says only this # of women can make line per semester etc., is that really a bad idea or is that just the sorority and the university looking out for future line sisters with reference to the intimate bond of sisterhood that they will have the opportunity to share as a result.
So if you want to know why the university has a line cap, then go ask them.
If you want to know why my sorority or chapter has one then, i can't help you
just my 1908 cents on the issue
[This message has been edited by PositivelyAKA (edited July 12, 2000).]
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