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Just my 2 cents on how PH did spring recruitment this year... I hate it, just like everyone else I know does. I think it's stupid. It's disrespectful to the chapters that participate in spring recruitment and unfair to the chapters that don't. I understand that there is a stigma attached to spring rush, but this was in no way the best way to deal with it. Quite honestly, I'm shocked that they honestly ever thought this was a good idea. I'm disgusted by the fact that they didn't fully inform PNMs of who was able to give out bids. I'm just very frustrated with the whole thing.
As for smaller chapters folding, UF's greek system is pretty secure in terms of numbers. We had a house go under a while back (I believe it was Alpha Xi Delta). Even with the less than spectacular economy in recent years, chapters have been pretty strong. Numbers have dropped a bit, and a few more chapters have been participating in spring recruitment because of it, but most chapters are still pretty close to quota. Last I checked our quota was in the 160s. The last numbers I saw listed one house as having 142 members, with the next closest being in the 150s. While that chapter is obviously smaller than the rest, they usually do spring recruitment and make up the difference. Though there are the historically smaller houses on our campus, those are the ones that usually participate in spring recruitment to raise their numbers and get some great new members. I would be really, really surprised to see a chapter at UF close in the next few years.
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