Dartmouth Fall '06 Sorority Recruitment Begins

[lauralaylin]

I must have Mommy brain or something, I swear I didn't even see that link! Thanks!

[kathykd2005]

Laura I believe exlurker added the link later on. haha

[exlurker]

Alpha Phi -- Specific Article About Dartmouth Recruitment

And today The Dartmouth online has an article -- with picture -- dealing with Alpha Phi's recruitment.

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article....=2006100501030

(Do you suppose they came up with this just because GC people were asking questions? I doubt it, but one never knows.)

Added October 9 '06: Alpha Phi and Housing

The Dartmouth published a letter from the president of the Alpha Phi colony concerning Alpha Phi's plans for housing. Sounds like the college, the colony, and Alpha Phi IHQ are working to get housing, maybe by fall 2007:

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article....=2006100902020

[PeppyGPhiB]

Anyone else read that article? It sounds like the woman from the local sorority is bitter that a national organization with policies on alcohol use was allowed to come on campus? I don't get the "female-dominated social scene" that she's talking about...

[SoCalGirl]

The way I interpreted the quote was that the KDE member thinks that the sorority houses should be open to non-member women to hang out at but if there's no alcohol there the women won't hang out there.

[IvySpice]

if there's no alcohol there the women won't hang out there.

At Dartmouth, they're probably right.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Hmmm...do the locals have alcohol during recruitment events?

I guess it surprises me that Ivy League students would basically demand and promote alcohol as THE reason to join a sorority. I'd expect them to be a little more thoughtful and intelligent than that. And the only reason why I say that is because this is NOT the first article like this that I've read from Dartmouth.

Or, if she's talking about non-recruitment times, does she think non-members would want to hang out in a sorority house all the time anyway? I don't think that would appeal to me at all if I wasn't a member (unless I was waiting for a friend or something). Or is she just trying to promote female unity and bonding in general on the campus, specifically by holding parties at sorority houses instead of fraternities or something?