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Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
(And I don't mean anything personally against Angels&Arrows or sugar and spice, but this issue just really ticks me off, so I'm sorry if it seems like I'm flaming you!)
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DWAlphaGam, I do not take people's opinions personally. As I hope you do not take mine as a personal attack on you, your chapter or your sisterhood.
I think we might need to agree to disagree! I understand your feelings. I do not think they are in the best interest of everyone. If a large percentage of PNMs go bidless and a campus will not allow another chapter to establish on campus, then you have lots of young ladies missing out on Greek Life. If a struggling chapter has truly tried to turn around and has been unsuccessful after several years, it takes a toll on the sisters. I can only imagine that turning around a chapter's perceived reputation is a full-time job, causing frustration and straining sisterhood (how is that good?). If the niche for that chapter is a small chapter is a better chapter... than great!!! That is definitely appealing to some PNMs. However, do not stop a new chapter from establishing when there is such a need.
Please understand, I am talking about the chapters on campus that have 25 members, when total is 100 or 45 members when the average chapter is 190. Not chapters with 30 members when total is 50, or 70 when total is 100.
The chapters at Ole Miss (after recruitment) range from about 150-225, that is a full pledge class difference and there are certain PNMs who would not dream of pledging the chapters closer to 150. However, that chapter of 150 has a lot to offer and is not having trouble financially.
When your numbers drop so low that you can not afford your housing or have to choose between certain campus events... that hurts your sisterhoood. In the late 90's there was a chapter that had to close due to numbers... financially they could not survive. There was a chapter at FSU a few years back that could only afford to participate in a few Greek Life events a year. They just did not have enough sisters to financially afford to participate in every event. In my eyes that hurts your members and the Greek system.