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Originally Posted by 33girl
I also agree with the university.
The huge and obvious difference between a GLO and interhall council, or the Students for a Green Campus, or the science club, or literally any other college organization is that once you join a NPC or IFC GLO, you cannot join another one. The “membership is for life” trope rings a bit hollow when GLOs would rather rush to pledge people who might be unsuitable for that college, or college life in general, than giving them a semester to get used to their new world.
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Our organizations should be able to adjust their expectations of numeric return, in both the financial and membership senses, with the newly-deferred recruitment schedule being required for some campuses. The number of students joining, and the number of new chapters being opened, are already becoming fewer.
Our orgs often hold formal recruitment before school transpires. The rejection felt by some who do not succeed in joining is evident in stories shared here on greekchat.
I try to remember that the current teenage generation can and do suffer helicopter parents and multi-activity burnout. They often do not learn to drive. Their young hearts and minds are attached to the glowing phone in their hands.
While our type of greek organizations do support and educate their membership, I agree with 33girl that a suitable time frame be allowed before the fraternal recruitment of new college students.
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