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Originally posted by justamom
Kappa Sig has recetly returned to campus at LSU. Their numbers aren't as high as some, but not as low as others yet, they have the VP of the student body in their organization as well as numerous young men who strive to hold leadership positions on campus. Two fraternities have a reputation for mixing predomnately, but not exclusively, with 2 sororities, yet the other fraternities prefer to mix with some of the OTHER sororities because they feel more comfortable and think the girls are a lot more fun to be with. The ONLY absolute one can garner from this question is "Who's the BIGGEST". There is NO LITMUS TEST that absolutely defines THE best GLO (IMO). If you use the concept of a chain being as strong as it's weakest link, it's easy to see EVERY GLO has a link that could be considered weak. Even within the individual chapters some person or clique can waver from the "standards" and weaken the whole.
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Actually, an interesting point to add to this would be that our recent recolonization of Gamma chapter was carried out much in the way
Heller would have suggested - it started with the pinning of an 80-man pledge class to start the new colony,
and alumni support has been key in the building of a new house
and keeping social funds in a competitive stratusphere.
The point is, this particular colonization was not carried out in the traditional "find a 20-man interest group, have them rush to get to average size, etc" - to be competitive, a large first class was pinned in an attempt to get to proper numbers immediately.
Kappa Sigma has been, perhaps, a bit behind the curve set by some other nationals in terms of aggressive tactics for growth, but apparently we're trying to catch up. My particular chapter has recently been named one of our top chapters nationally,
and one key reason for our improvement into this realm has been growth - our chapter is more than twice the average for fraternities on campus, which helps in allowing us to do the things that make us a better chapter than just 10 years ago. While we can argue about quality vs quantity, I think we have successfully shown that both are possible -
and don't you think that having those extra 30 brothers helps when it comes time for intramurals, social events, or attendance at philanthropies? You can, at the same time, have a chapter that is the most 'popular' with sororities
and GDIs,
and be top in philanthropy, greek week,
and GPA -
and you can have the largest chapter,
and still have the best quality guys overall. Why not have it all?
I think that's the only point that Mr. Conard
and boilingbaker are making - if there are larger chapters than yours, then the interest is there on campus in the greek system. There is, of course, no reason to sacrifice whatever ideals you have as an organization - but if you can be among the larger chapters on campus,
and still get the same (or better) quality of members, there can come distinct advantages along with this -
and you avoid the monetary, manpower,
and status disadvantages that come with being one of the 'smaller' houses on campus.
NO ONE IS SAYING THAT YOUR CHAPTER SUCKS IF YOU ARE NOT THE LARGEST ON CAMPUS - more likely just that there can come significant advantages with being in the top tier in terms of size.
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