Rethinking Greek life on campus-from Princeton's campus paper:

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by pbpliz

I should also add that our university has second semester recruitment, which I think really allows students to integrate and make friends before joining a chapter (which is why so many students are friends/roommates with members of other chapters) and why involvement is so high in other organizations. I had already joined about 4 clubs before I ever joined my chapter, so I had learned how to sort of manage my time and had a small base of friends beforehand.
LR

Second semester recruitment has a lot of benefits but I disagree with the reasoning given by the former Bama president. GLOs are exclusive organizations but you make friends in other GLOs and it doesn't prevent you from making GDI friends either. Most of our spring pledge class is guys that were friends or roommates with our fall guys. Why don't sororities have fall and spring rush?

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

Second semester recruitment has a lot of benefits but I disagree with the reasoning given by the former Bama president. GLOs are exclusive organizations but you make friends in other GLOs and it doesn't prevent you from making GDI friends either. Most of our spring pledge class is guys that were friends or roommates with our fall guys. Why don't sororities have fall and spring rush?

Because FR is a crazy amount of work and sororities have other things to do besides constantly recruiting... things like philanthropy events and sisterhood retreats... No one would want to join a chapter who was just constantly trying to get new members - how would they ever feel special or chosen? That's part of what makes being in a sorority so unique - because you're invited to join rather than you joining and just start showing up to events.