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Originally Posted by valmypal
Also, at my undergraduate school, one sorority got in trouble and the next semester (or maybe it was for a year) they were not allowed to take any new members. I'm pretty sure this was set by their nationals. I was just confused because I didn't know if that was something Panhel agreed with and i didn't think that was very positive for the chapter since they would then lose numbers. Thanks!
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This would have definitely been set by their national. Panhel is not permitted to prevent sororities from taking pledges - it's a freedom of association issue. The most they can do is disallow them from participating in formal rush since FR is run by Panhellenic. The sorority can still invite women to join through open rush parties they hold on their own or other ways.
As far as the underground issue, I don't think you have to go so far as to have a silence period, but the fraternities' and sororities' HQs should know that 1st semester freshmen aren't allowed to pledge and therefore the big classes will be in the spring, not the fall. The sororities and fraternities are still allowed to pledge sophomores and up in the fall so not allowing them to hold rush activities would not be fair.
(adpiucf - this is a school where it's definitely not "freshmen only" pledging.)
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