A BIG TEN Recruitment Story

[DubaiSis]

But you can't deny that it is a VERY different situation than the vast majority of the sororities at IU. To not mention the difference is sticking your head in the sand. By pointing out that it is an alternative puts this difference in a positive light. Of course Theta Phi and ASA are traditional NPC sororities. But they are not the norm at IU. This is not condescension, it's stating the obvious. Is your situation unusual as compared to a lot LOT of chapters around the country? No. But it is different at IU. I say you celebrate that fact, not pretend that you're not different. Special. And I am never one to consider "normal" as the best way to go.

[glittergal1985]

Dubaisis, I am not denying that there is a difference. I have no issue with groups being referred to as unhoused. When PNMs go through recruitment they will know who has a house and who doesn't. When we throw around words like "different" and "alternative" it can make the PNMs who signed up for traditional NPC recruitment feel as though they are being warned that this is not what they are looking for. Trust me, they are all going to be fully informed of the current housing situation, and we should let them make their own decisions about what housed v. unhoused means to them. Housing is only one of many aspects of sorority life and while that one may be different, the rest are the same. For the sake of propriety, when referring to the housing situation for an unhoused group, call it different all you want, but when discussing the chapter as a whole, it is a traditional NPC sorority. Period.