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A few more details...
We practice deferred recruitment for freshmen, not allowing them to affiliate or pledge until Spring. This is when "formal recruitment" takes place. There are many regulations in place, including the specification of a week for recruitment, the mandate that all chapters participate in all IFC-sponsored formal recruitment events, the designation of days for chapters to hold their own events, preference dinners, the reporting of times and location of events, etc. The IFC, itself, appears to have very hands-on involvement with chapter recruitment.
During the fall, "open recruitment," yet more structured recruitment than what I would call "open" takes place, allowing chapters the opportunity to offer bids to upperclassmen, including sophomores who have delayed making the decision to go Greek.
As of right now, the Greek system, as a whole, is not very highly regarded on campus. The presence isn't what it needs to be, really, and, naturally, I'm wanting to help with this. Individual chapter size isn't bad, but it isn't great. Would providing chapters with the opportunity to more openly recruit encourage them to act and have a bigger presence?
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