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Separate from the cell phone issue, and pertaining to my campus, I am not a fan of how we do recruitment. Firstly I hate the term recruitment and like the term rush. Secondly I don't like having it before classes start, but that is going to be too hard to change for various reasons.
As a result of having recruitment before school, women move into chapter facilities on Bid Day. I think it is a HUGE disservice to those women (the men don't require it, and there are guys who stay in dorms or off campus), and I love love love that our neighbor Washington State University has freshmen live in residence halls for the first semester at the minimum, or for the full year. There is so much Greek/Nongreek animosity and I think not only would it help people to make friends and not be haters, but could increase inter-fraternal relations, and might increase Greek life participation through informal recruitment. It would also keep older members and leadership involved longer, as well as living in the chapter facility. Unfortunately we have too much off cheap and available campus housing (but OMG at least half is super slummy), so the new members have to move in ASAP for financial reasons. I am an outgoing person and had a lot of campus involvement so I know all kinds of people outside my chapter and the fraternities my chapter mostly associated with, but I cannot remember the amount of times I would meet someone and they wouldn't know anyone from my chapter.
But that's just me, WaterChild likely has a completely different experience.
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