2nd hand Recruitment Story at U of Arkansas

[DubaiSis]

I think someone is going to have to take a very expensive leap of faith. Since it sounds like the school is very crowded, housing-wise, I wonder (again, no basis here) if they could build an Auburn-style dorm environment for 3 or 4 chapters all at once. That would be in addition to the existing. Probably not as nice, but also probably more affordable (not that 18 year old girls are very in tune with that). THAT would be a way that the school could support the system. And if they did a multi-chapter expansion all at once, maybe they'd have a better shot at selling the new housing option.

I think we are all going to have to just sit and wait, but I bet we hear something in the next month or two. If not that quickly, the school's recent meetings with NPC were apparently a failure.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

I think someone is going to have to take a very expensive leap of faith. Since it sounds like the school is very crowded, housing-wise, I wonder (again, no basis here) if they could build an Auburn-style dorm environment for 3 or 4 chapters all at once. That would be in addition to the existing. Probably not as nice, but also probably more affordable (not that 18 year old girls are very in tune with that). THAT would be a way that the school could support the system. And if they did a multi-chapter expansion all at once, maybe they'd have a better shot at selling the new housing option.

I think we are all going to have to just sit and wait, but I bet we hear something in the next month or two. If not that quickly, the school's recent meetings with NPC were apparently a failure.

I don't think that style of housing would work at all. It would be nice if it would, but it just wouldn't happen. I would say a more plausible scenario would be if a stretch of land could be made available where multiple Greek houses could be located together. This way no sorority would be the only one not located in the Maple area. Previously, sororities that were housed away from Maple have all closed, and their alumnae have cited the house location as one factor.

In my opinion, expansion needs to include more than one sorority - 2 or 3 would be wonderful.

I also think that the tremendous influx of PNMs from Texas and Oklahoma could mean that groups previously at UA could do well there now, when they wouldn't have made it before. (Because of great reputations in the border states.)

Blondie93 hit it though - the alumnae need to take a hospitality pill or two. They are a HUGE mitigating factor in the close-mindedness at this campus.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I don't think that style of housing would work at all. It would be nice if it would, but it just wouldn't happen. I would say a more plausible scenario would be if a stretch of land could be made available where multiple Greek houses could be located together. This way no sorority would be the only one not located in the Maple area. Previously, sororities that were housed away from Maple have all closed, and their alumnae have cited the house location as one factor.

In my opinion, expansion needs to include more than one sorority - 2 or 3 would be wonderful.

I also think that the tremendous influx of PNMs from Texas and Oklahoma could mean that groups previously at UA could do well there now, when they wouldn't have made it before. (Because of great reputations in the border states.)

Blondie93 hit it though - the alumnae need to take a hospitality pill or two. They are a HUGE mitigating factor in the close-mindedness at this campus.

Unfortunately, I think at the SEC schools, any situation where most of the sororities are housed and a few are lodged or have a suite doomed to failure. You might as well label them a different group. Girls will drop them during recruitment saying they wanted the "real sorority experience" i.e., living in house.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Unfortunately, I think at the SEC schools, any situation where most of the sororities are housed and a few are lodged or have a suite doomed to failure. You might as well label them a different group. Girls will drop them during recruitment saying they wanted the "real sorority experience" i.e., living in house.

I completely agree with you.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Unfortunately, I think at the SEC schools, any situation where most of the sororities are housed and a few are lodged or have a suite doomed to failure. You might as well label them a different group. Girls will drop them during recruitment saying they wanted the "real sorority experience" i.e., living in house.

Thank you.

It's either build a house or don't colonize. And right now, theres just not a lot of room on campus for a house, unless they want to build right on fraternity row on Sig Ep's lot.

Btw, considering the numbers of these pledge classes...Congrats to AOPi at 137, I have a sinking feeling that one sorority again didn't make quota. Goodness.