Hi,
I just now saw this thread - somehow I missed it when it was first posted.
My daughter goes to Jacksonville and I just wanted to tell you what my take on that COB was. I think they did it twice, don't know if they have done it this year. My daughter is not a member of either DZ or ZTA. ZTA was fairly strong at the time and DZ is the smallest group on campus. I think it worked ok for ZTA but DZ did no better (and maybe worse) than they would have done on their own. Everyone who went to the party wanted ZTA. The concept also alienated the other 3 sororities on campus because everyone is consistently below total (they have very low formal rush quotas) and everyone is always COB-ing. The other three groups felt that it could have been a Panhellenic effort. The idea is good in theory and could have been handled in a way that everyone would have felt good about. I don't think it is a good idea to exclude groups who are also COB-ing because it does nothing to promote the "panhellenic spirit" that they said they were promoting.
Just my take on things so please don't flame me