Arkansas Sorority Recruitment - 2007

[MSKKG]

Sounds like what was happening at Ole Miss. I think that was the reason for delaying rush there.

[NUBlue&Blue]

My friend's daughter said that there were a few packing up and heading home from Alabama after the philanthropy round cuts....she didn't think people really did that!

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

Sounds like what was happening at Ole Miss. I think that was the reason for delaying rush there.

Like Ole Miss, Arkansas does not have enough sororities to accommodate the number of PNMs. There were only 7 until AOII colonized last year. (And yes, it is for the same basic reason as Ole Miss - many have tried, many have failed.)

[Benzgirl]

Wow. I guess I just didn't understand it was that bad.

[irishpipes]

Housing is a huge issue there as well. All of the sororities are on the same street (well 2 are around the corner but basically in the backyard of the Maple Street sororities). The University now owns the remaining property on Maple and they aren't exactly giving it away to build new sorority houses. It is now one of these situations where the sorority builds and owns the house but leases the land. It gets very sticky.

Kappa Alpha Theta built in another area of campus, where the fraternities are, and they ended up closing. I am sure that wasn't the only issue, but being on Maple is extremely important.

Add to that the cost of building in NW Arkansas (AOII is looking at 6-7 million), and without assurances of a successful chapter, it narrows the pool of potential NPCs.

Arkansas is just one of those places that the lack of history is very important. The last sorority to colonize (before AOII) came on in 1989 and took quota for the first time last year. It is a tough campus.