Quote:
Originally Posted by FL-E1973
I don't know if I am talking to a brick wall here or not but the house is not going to be empty, second of all, recruiting a fraternity without a house is no picnic either.
|
Well, I certainly hope you're not talking to a brick wall. :-)
I agree, recruiting without a house is no fun for anyone, epecially when chapters around you are housed. However, I will argue that it is different. Now, I'm no expert on fraternity recruitment (obviously), but my understanding is that they have a much more laid back recruitment. More time for the PNMs to get to know the brothers, etc.
Now take sorority recruitment. At UCF, we generally had between a half hour and a hour with the PNMs. You have a very short period of time to make a first impression, which was often all the information the girls had with which to make a decision. The first thing girls noticed when they were walking into my chapter during recruitment was "Wait, we're walking into a fraternity house." I haven't even met the girl and I already have explaining to do!
The first words out of her mouth are "Why don't you have a house?" After I finish the answer, the next question is "Are you going to get a house?" Beleive me, "eventually" doesn't seem to satisfy most PNMs. So I've just wasted several minutes out of my precious thirty minute conversation answering questions that really don't have happy answers. IMHO, that is why recruitment without a house is far worse on sororities.
Not only are UCF's houses small, it is my understanding that there is at least one group with a house so small they can't even hold chapter meetings there!
TrueBlueKappa, I really hope housing works out this time. I really do. I'm just not going to believe UCF will actually make it happen until I'm standing on Kappa's front porch.
Oh, to be a rich alumna who could dangle a nice fat donation in front of UCF's face and ask that they fix the Greek housing situation.
Threaded Mode
