Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

[IndianaSigKap]

I have tried to stay off this thread because I am one of the IU alumnae who does believe change is needed. My hope is that all parties concerned: collegiate members, alumnae members, IU officials and NPC officials can work together to create positive and welcome change.

One MAIN flaw in IU's Greek System has yet to be brought up. There is NO set campus total for chapters. This is why one chapter can have 120 (by choice) and another have 150 (by choice). If IU instituted a campus total, then chapters below would have to comply with it to be in good standing with their national organization. If campus total were set at 150 and all chapters were at 150, then the smaller chapters would not seem as elite to the PNMs and the bigger chapters would not seem less selective to the PNMs.

Also, people have asked the housing question. For a chapter to build a house and buy land at IU a chapter must come up with a $750,000 for a down payment. This is what it will take to build a chapter house that is acceptable based on the last three builds at IU.

There is land available and IU will work with individual chapters to help with this process, but there are minimum requirements chapters have to meet to be eligible to build. One of those those requirements is to have raised the down payment and to have secured a mortgage. I don't know of many groups at IU that have that kind of money stashed away for a down payment. So, I would assume that the two unhoused chapters are working toward growing their building funds.

P.S. It pains me to read about all of the dysfunction that surrounds my school this time of year and all of the negative banter. I may not agree with certain policies at my school, but I know that I got an excellent education and loved my time in Bloomington. Even though I am a very proud alum of IU, I am not oblivious enough to believe we are perfect...or anywhere close to it.