[OleMissGlitter]

You have to realize we do give more than $10,000 to our national and local philanthropies. I know some sororities raise over $30,000 for their philanthropies. What goes around comes around, and yes it might seem like tons of money, but our chapters tend to have at least 190 members on average. So, with dues maybe being a little bit higher than most campus dues, we always use our money in a good way. To think all of the money we do spend on decorations, food, Bid Day, etc for recruitment...and we don't even offer Interior Design as a degree anymore!

Also, the bags and laundry bags at KD and Phi Mu were monogrammed with the sororities letters on them. However, I could see some houses monogramming their new members names on them and having them ready in time for Bid Day.

Also, the fraternities set their houses up very nicely during recruitment. Some houses like Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Nu, and Sigma Chi have food, drinks, and tons of flowers and tablecloths. I know of one fraternity on campus who rents furniture during recruitment to make their house look nicer. They obviously don't have skits and costumes, but they do spend some money, maybe like a total of $20,000 or less for recruitment.

Oh and all of the sororities on campus, at least to my knowledge, have local chapter scholarships they provide within their own chapter. Also, we all aren't from "rich" families, there are members who work to pay for their dues and their tuition. I think it is something that cannot be fully understood until you've seen it and visited Ole Miss.

Oh and I think someone asked about houses. All of the sorority houses are alcohol free and smoke free and house between 45-75 members, maybe more for the Tri Delta & Chi Omega house. They all have a full time kitchen staff who prepared meals 5 times a week, except no dinner on Friday's. They also have maids, yes I said maids, who help keep the houses clean and the bathrooms looking spotless. It is the members' responsibility to keep their rooms clean but I know at the AOII the maids vacuum and wipe the sinks down three times a week. We all have house guards at night to protect our members and to ensure that no men are sneaking into the house. The fraternity houses are pretty much the same way, only there are few on campus that still have parties at their houses. Other than that I know the newest house, Phi Delta Theta (new meaning structure not newest chapter), built their new house after their old house burnt down in the late spring of 1996. Their new house was finished a couple of years after that and it was reported at being built at a cost of around 4 million. Their house is amazing. It really is gorgeous. I know the Sigma Nu house and Sigma Chi house are awesome too as well as the KA Order house which just underwent some renovations two years ago.
I know the AOII house is always having renovations and improvements and alll the sororities update their decor as much as possible.

I think we just have our Greek system down to a business that is runs the way it does. However, our main purpose is our sisterhoods, our ideals, our philanthropies...