National sororities that pioneered on a campus

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by oldu

My own bias is more likely to note where those chapters at located. I'd much rather have a good chapter at University of Illinois-Champaign than Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

what about SIUC?

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

what about SIUC?

Go Salukis!

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Go Salukis!

TSteven, I think you're lost. Please post in the Mascots thread.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

TSteven, I think you're lost. Please post in the Mascots thread.

I think I may very well be. But in my defense, it is March Madness and I've got college ball on the mind. Plus I am stuck at work, reduced to watching the SEC Tournament via the web, and getting more and more anxious about Kentucky's game later this evening.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by TSteven

Go Salukis!

That is the cutest mascot EVAR. I want to transfer there.

I am not even joking.

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

I'm personally waiting for an NPCs with the highest percentage of engaged senior eboard members in Wyoming in 1954 thread.

You jest, but I have seen the category "chapter on a campus with the highest percentage of engaged seniors" used to rank chapters. More than once. Actually, quite frequently when I was an undergrad. FOR REALS.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by breathesgelatin

You jest, but I have seen the category "chapter on a campus with the highest percentage of engaged seniors" used to rank chapters. More than once. Actually, quite frequently when I was an undergrad. FOR REALS.

and what purpose does this serve?

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by tld221

and what purpose does this serve?

Well, if you go to college specifically to get your MRS degree, it might matter to you...

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by tld221

and what purpose does this serve?

Well, I think the idea was that if a sorority has a lot of nice, classy women that behave nicely and don't act like big crazy hookers or whatever, then guys will want to marry them. And that getting engaged was a sign that fraternities on campus or guys on campus generally thought the group was full of nice women that they wanted to date, which = popularity.

I've also seen it used more strictly, as in "percentage of seniors engaged to members of this 'top' fraternity."

Don't get me wrong, I actually strongly, STRONGLY disagree with this idea. But this was how the idea was put forth by those I saw advocating it.