Indiana University Recruitment

[I<3Starbucks!]

While it may be cliche, girls going through recruitment at IU have a huge problem with expectations before rush. That's why I think its so important to be yourself and keep an open mind. SO many girls at IU do not do that and end up getting hurt. The deferred recruitment brings in girls who have spent at least one semester on campus and have expectations of which house they want. As a current member recruiting girls, I have personally seen this during recruitment. Being Greek is not an end-all be-all at IU and some girls need to know that life will go on if they don't get a bid to a "top" house.

The expansion will help to solve the problem. But people are seriously delusional if they think the bed quota is going to change from within the system. I'm not saying its right or wrong, but the changing force is going to have to come from the outside. Current members like the bed quota system, and they are already in the house, think their chapter size is large enough and want things to stay the same. People didn't even want to switch recruitment to all rounds after January because it was "too much too soon." So how do you think people will respond to a complete change of the IU Greek "lifestyle"?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by I<3Starbucks!

The expansion will help to solve the problem. But people are seriously delusional if they think the bed quota is going to change from within the system. I'm not saying its right or wrong, but the changing force is going to have to come from the outside. Current members like the bed quota system, and they are already in the house, think their chapter size is large enough and want things to stay the same. People didn't even want to switch recruitment to all rounds after January because it was "too much too soon." So how do you think people will respond to a complete change of the IU Greek "lifestyle"?

This is exactly my point. It has to be a mandated change by the school administration that happens all at once for an unhoused chapter to compete successfully IMO. It's the same principle as saying "OK, the administration here at Traditional Southern U would like the sororities to spend less money on rush decorations." There's no way one group is going to do it unless they know for sure that everyone is, and that you will somehow get penalized if you don't follow through. "No frills" has been advocated by national Panhel for 15+ years and there are still schools wearing elaborate costumes for skits, spending $1000s for decorations, etc.

Could it be that the university hasn't done anything to change this situation on purpose, to avoid the Greek community from becoming a larger percentage of the population than it already is?

[DubaiSis]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Could it be that the university hasn't done anything to change this situation on purpose, to avoid the Greek community from becoming a larger percentage of the population than it already is?

That can be the only reason. There IS land to be had. This is the Midwest; there's always more land available somewhere. There is even space in the middle of campus that would require a few trees to be relocated. The reason the houses haven't been added is the administration is not allowing it. I don't understand that because I don't recall any big issues of Greek misconduct and I'm sure that someone there has spelled out the statistics that Greek members donate more to the university than non-members, as well as the many other facts supporting Greek expansion. So what is the hold up?