For senior/pledges- For the past few years (we are trying to make it a tradition) we have had a senior/pledge picnic. The seniors bring all the food and we just get to know each other and play at the park. Nothing elaborate but I think it helped the new members get to know the seniors since it is hard for some of the seniors to be around with all their classes and busy schedules. As a senior I know how demanding and stressful the senior year can be, not that I'm justifying talking negatively about the new members.
For general enthusiasm- We also did an event on night before meeting where we all stood around a huge sheet with a badge placed in the middle of it. Everyone grabbed the sheet to start off with. Then personnel would name off certain events and activities. If you had participated you kept holding the sheet, if not you dropped it. The idea was not to let the pin drop. It really gave us an idea of who had been to what events and that if we didn't all support each other Chi Omega (as in the badge) would fall. That was about 2 years ago but we still have girls talking about that.
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