Sorority Expansion

[PKTsaluki]

Ok to help defend my case that I had made this morning.

Yes I am a Fraternity guy who is very active at SIUC's Greek System.

I understand that at most schools but the university is no where close to where it used to be tag lined as a party school. And I mean no where close to being one since both the town and school are really cracking down on underage drinking and unregistered socials.

But the main purpose as to why I think it would be nice to have more NPC chapter at SIUC is to help our Greek Systems competition scale get better and involve more participation from chapters who do not participate because they do not have a partner. We have 1 big all Greek competition every semester First semester Homecoming, and second semester its the Theta Xi Variety Show. It's always the same three fraternities and the sororities.

Our fraternities get extremely discouraged to participate in any event if they do not get teamed up with a sorority and it makes our Greek community look sad in front of the school when the school is now finally giving more support to us since we have not had any real major incident since 2004. With the school's support I feel that the alumni are going to really want to push to bring in there old chapters after this years homecoming since the alumni association is hosting its first ever all Greek reunion for all active and inactive chapters to come back. Along with the university finally getting around to building us a new Greek Row even though it will eventually effect my chapter more.

And to Drolefille. Our Greek system does not have big issues. Asides from the usual idiots in IFC chapters but that's how it is at every school.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PKTsaluki

Ok to help defend my case that I had made this morning.

Yes I am a Fraternity guy who is very active at SIUC's Greek System.

I understand that at most schools but the university is no where close to where it used to be tag lined as a party school. And I mean no where close to being one since both the town and school are really cracking down on underage drinking and unregistered socials.

But the main purpose as to why I think it would be nice to have more NPC chapter at SIUC is to help our Greek Systems competition scale get better and involve more participation from chapters who do not participate because they do not have a partner. We have 1 big all Greek competition every semester First semester Homecoming, and second semester its the Theta Xi Variety Show. It's always the same three fraternities and the sororities.

Our fraternities get extremely discouraged to participate in any event if they do not get teamed up with a sorority and it makes our Greek community look sad in front of the school when the school is now finally giving more support to us since we have not had any real major incident since 2004. With the school's support I feel that the alumni are going to really want to push to bring in there old chapters after this years homecoming since the alumni association is hosting its first ever all Greek reunion for all active and inactive chapters to come back. Along with the university finally getting around to building us a new Greek Row even though it will eventually effect my chapter more.

And to Drolefille. Our Greek system does not have big issues. Asides from the usual idiots in IFC chapters but that's how it is at every school.

NPC expands in a very specific way. If the school is not expanding right now, there's likely a reason for it. You don't have to like it or agree with it -- it is what it is.

I doubt adding an additional sorority is going to make non-active fraternity members jump into action. Also, it's unlikely that adding another organization is going to make the general student population take notice and "appreciate" GLOs more.

You should likely focus your energy elsewhere.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by PKTsaluki

But the main purpose as to why I think it would be nice to have more NPC chapter at SIUC is to help our Greek Systems competition scale get better and involve more participation from chapters who do not participate because they do not have a partner. We have 1 big all Greek competition every semester First semester Homecoming, and second semester its the Theta Xi Variety Show. It's always the same three fraternities and the sororities.

Our fraternities get extremely discouraged to participate in any event if they do not get teamed up with a sorority and it makes our Greek community look sad in front of the school when the school is now finally giving more support to us since we have not had any real major incident since 2004.

As VP said - pair multiple fraternities with a sorority. The girls will be a hell of a lot happier, trust me. If the fraternities are that much smaller, it won't be a sausage fest. Also, if the sororities are picking the same fraternities all the time, the other guys need to either step up their game or say "screw it" and go watch a Monty Python marathon.

CFF - the Panhel needs to get in touch with their area advisor ASAP to fix the total issues, etc. Does the Greek advisor know what he/she is doing or are they part of the problem?

Is there any way the Greek houses could be duplexed (for lack of a better word) until the new housing gets built? It definitely sounds like that is a big part of the problem.

This is all sadly familiar.

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Originally Posted by ree-Xi

What are the circumstances regarding all of these chapters? (Not expecting absolute answers, but it's something to think about.)

I just looked at irishpipes' rush thread. Of the cited 5 sorority chapters that have closed, 2 were only open for a minute in the 1970s (many chapters at many schools were only open for a minute in the 1970s) and the other was open for 2 minutes in the 1980s, and I'm guessing was chartered as a sorority appealing to a certain group. Within the past 15 years, they've lost 2 chapters, which really isn't anything outside the norm IMO.