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Burnout is inevitable with all of the overprogramming. We had a real problem with it. Everyone wanted to have these philanthropy weeks....ie Sigma Chi Derby Days, DG Anchor Splash, etc. There were events every day and night that you were expected to attend so your chapter could win. It was tough enough at our school, with only 7 sororities and 13 fraternities. I can't even imagine some of these schools. Plus there is Homeless Awareness Week, which was big at Kent because it was part of the Triple Crown (H.A. Week, Greek Week, Songfest.) Plus there were date parties, formals, mixers, casual parties, greek nites, study tables, committee meetings, etc etc etc. In Chi Omega we were required to participate in at least two outside activities. It didn't have to be campus related, but we had to be able to prove it was a real activity (for example one of mine was participating in my community theatre.)
I know Kent has been combatting the overprogramming for years. I think now the "weeks" are down to a day or two. It was a lot of fun, like when we only really had Derby Days, Paddy Murphy Week, and Anchor Splash, but then everyone started trying to have a "weel" and it got out of hand.
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