Indiana University Recruitment 2019

[BUDelta4Life]

Originally Posted by GreekOne

I just watched the RBG movie "On the Basis of Sex". It was inspiring how she fought for fair treatment. This tier system won't change until someone initiates change with similar bravery.

If Panhellenic voted to implement random pairs perhaps it could happen. Then again, I wonder if fraternities were "forced" to invite certain chapters over if they would be gracious hosts. Perhaps a "top tier" chapter and a "bottom tier" chapter invited at the same time would be as eye opening for these men as it was for ForeverRoses when she met the chapters' recruitment chairs.

THIS. ^^ Panhellenic has the power to change it. But, even on Panhel, you have representatives of chapters who like it this way. If Panhel and IFC worked together and created a random, rotating structure, this would stop. It would be bumpy at first, but after a few years, it would be the norm.

Also, the idea of pairing some sorority chapters together is a good one and would (should?) be eye-opening for the men. As an undergraduate of a chapter that sometimes struggled with an unfair reputation, we found this to be enormously helpful on my campus. We joined with two other chapters for a shared social with two other fraternities, and we started to get a lot of comments from the men such as, "Wow, I didn't know you had so many nice/fun/sweet girls in your house." It does work.

[ForrestGrump]

Originally Posted by BUDelta4Life

THIS. ^^ Panhellenic has the power to change it. But, even on Panhel, you have representatives of chapters who like it this way. If Panhel and IFC worked together and created a random, rotating structure, this would stop. It would be bumpy at first, but after a few years, it would be the norm.

Also, the idea of pairing some sorority chapters together is a good one and would (should?) be eye-opening for the men. As an undergraduate of a chapter that sometimes struggled with an unfair reputation, we found this to be enormously helpful on my campus. We joined with two other chapters for a shared social with two other fraternities, and we started to get a lot of comments from the men such as, "Wow, I didn't know you had so many nice/fun/sweet girls in your house." It does work.

Back in the stone ages, when I was an active, fraternities would often pair up with a couple of the sororities for the larger theme-party events. It helped spread the wealth as far as party planning and prep was concerned, and ensured that the fraternity had a solid group of women in attendance for the "formative" hours of the party (at my campus, such parties were typically closed for the first one or two hours, and then opened to everyone). To be honest, I found those parties more fun -- you can bond a lot with other women while browning 50 pounds of hamburger for tacos, and perfecting the margarita recipe.