Recruitment Fall 2007-Spring 2008

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

I have always wondered why there isn't more interest in sororities at Ohio State? The campus with the largest undergrad enrollment in the country and only 300-some-odd women pledge each year?

Alpha Delta Pi had a chapter there until about 4-5 years ago. They had decent memberships numbers, but no one would live in the house. I'm sure there were more issues than that, but IMHO, when you have a somewhat urban campus, people often find more to do than greek life permits.

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Alpha Delta Pi had a chapter there until about 4-5 years ago. They had decent memberships numbers, but no one would live in the house. I'm sure there were more issues than that, but IMHO, when you have a somewhat urban campus, people often find more to do than greek life permits.

You are correct. The same year that ADPi left, so did DPhiE. Sigma Delta Tau and Phi Mu left in the 90s and Zeta Tau Alpha have left in the late 80s. Kappa Delta did a huge recolonization in the 80s which took them from a low of 20 members to total.

Many of the houses are physically large. Ours held 56 (out of 100 in the chapter), so when you back out pledges, those traveling abroad and locals, it basically means everyone has to live in the house. This has been a big problem for several chapters

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

You are correct. The same year that ADPi left, so did DPhiE. Sigma Delta Tau and Phi Mu left in the 90s and Zeta Tau Alpha have left in the late 80s. Kappa Delta did a huge recolonization in the 80s which took them from a low of 20 members to total.

Many of the houses are physically large. Ours held 56 (out of 100 in the chapter), so when you back out pledges, those traveling abroad and locals, it basically means everyone has to live in the house. This has been a big problem for several chapters

Our house (I forget who has it now - AXD?) slept 55, and only 5 women were willing to live in it, despite the numbers. At the time, I said that it showed more troubles with the house mother/housing corp than the chapter, but since I'm not there, I'm not really "in the know". Besides, my old chapter inherited a lot of their furnishings - a real coup for them!