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I want to say DPhiE in the last two years have been motivated and I do think that has a lot to do with good leadership, I have heard wonderful things about your president. I do know that 22 girls were cut from recruitment last fall, but these were girls that were cross cut from chapters. I watched girls freak out over the chapters they did and did not get in 8 rounds or 4 rounds. These were the girls that I saw got there invites make a noise, throw out the card, and walk away. Now, mind you I would not wish that type of girl on any chapter, but the girls that got cut were either lead on by a certain chapter, and if you don't believe that happened last fall oh it did, or were cross cut. Raising ceiling would only at this point allow those larger chapters to increase numbers while the smaller ones stay where they are. I was on the opposite side of recruitment I did see that the girls going through become caddy and throw hissy fits when they get chapters they don't see fit to their standards, and this breaks my heart.

The thing is that is where COB comes in handy, DPhiE taking a second fall class last semester rocked my world, and the fact they took them to greek101s made me super happy. The thing is after formal recruitment sororities should be able to intake girls as many to ceiling as they want. There should be no moratorium on COB in January, that should be a time when smaller chapters are actively recruiting. I do not feel sororities should have to stop recruiting and spend upwards of $500 on informal recruitment when you can get your close friends in the chapter with a night of $5 pizza from antoon's and a 2 liter of soda. Those chapters with girls they got from COB know these are the most ideal women to have. Where Pitt is organized, and yes we are better off then most schools, recruitment is where we lack. The reason we had different types of recruitment and not formal recruitment for years is the NPC tried a pilot program where we had informal recruitment both semesters instead of formal and COB. I am just suggesting that not all chapters are happy with what is going on with the campus, and that there are better alternatives and ways to boost numbers. I have sat thru my fair share of Greek Lectures and spoke to many people inside our Greek system and outside.

I was not attacking or throwing attitude and I am sorry if people thought that, I was simply trying to get out my ideas in a quick paragraph and not write an essay.... apparently I am long winded, and anyone who knows me knows this is an understatement. I just want the best for Pitt, and I am tired of seeing the overall Greek membership on campus drop, I would seriously want to see SDT at ceiling, along with ADPi, DPhiE, TPA, and all the rest of them. I just think there needs to be something done internally to improve the Greek system on campus before and external measures are tried. On a happier note, Delta Chi is becoming a colony on Sept 26 (I could be wrong on the exact date... YEAH IFC!)