So at the University of Missouri, the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council have proposed an amendment to eliminate all the frills and such that go with courting. (There's an article about it...)
http://www.themaneater.com/article.php?id=21155
If passed, GLOs can only court by sending a letter to the fraternity/sorority they are interested in being paired with for an event. (The letter must be written on the organization's letterhead, sent to Greek Life to be reviewed, where it will be rewritten on Greek Life letterhead and then sent to its intended recipient.) An organization can send letters to as many houses as they wish. To create pairings, each GLO will make a list of the top seven sororities/fraternities it wishes to be paired with, then the lists will be compared, and pairings will be made.
On one hand this is good I guess, evens the playing field for smaller houses and eliminates the rivalry and competition from courting... but part of what makes courting so fun
is the competition associated with it. (I think.)
Has anyone else's school done something like this... anybody have any opinions?? I'm not really sure I'm convinced yet!! Figured I'd get some input from you guys!!
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