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Old 10-21-2011, 09:13 AM
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I hear ya MysticCat, perhaps that means this one will be more easily found!

Senusret, according to the statistics I've seen, Greek Life has been slowly increasing over the last several years. However, at many particular campuses, it is a system in decline. The struggle of fraternities for fraternities during the 1970's, which was the last drastic period of decline, was to stay relevant to students. I think for good or for bad fraternities continue to face that hurdle. The hurdle that comes along with that today is that fraternities need to stay "relevant" to their host campuses. So to boil it down, I don't think they are in a valley, but I definitely think we have more work to do to ensure that our organizations are aligned with our values in order to reach that peak.
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Old 10-21-2011, 09:42 AM
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I hear ya MysticCat, perhaps that means this one will be more easily found!
Realistically, I doubt it. If you do a search for "start sorority," "start fraternity," "start chapter," starting sorority," "starting fraternity" or "starting chapter" in thread titles, you'll get some 1800+ hits (posts, not threads, and there is overlap in the searches).

As we often say here, "the Search function is your friend," but the typical person who comes here looking to start a new fraternity or sorority -- whether a local or a chapter -- doesn't do a search but rather posts a new thread and gets relevant answers in that thread. Often, these posters come here wanting to know how to start a chapter of a particular GLO. (See this from this past April, for example.) Sometimes they want to start Greek life on a campus with none, sometimes just they want a new option. Sometimes their reasons are valid, sometimes not so much.

I'm not in any way trying to say we shouldn't be as helpful as we can be in providing the kind of information you describe as appropriate. You're quite right about that. I'm just saying that it's already happening, and I doubt that the way it's happening is likely to change, even if we try to say "This thread is the place to ask about starting a new GLO."
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Old 10-22-2011, 09:41 PM
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No problem!

If any visitors out there are interested in starting a new fraternity or sorority...feel free to ask your quesions away.



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Old 10-23-2011, 11:26 AM
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No problem!

If any visitors out there are interested in starting a new fraternity or sorority...feel free to ask your quesions away.



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Is this your way of saying "na na na can't hear you!" on GC? I'm pretty sure Senusret had a legitimate question for you.
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Old 10-23-2011, 11:45 AM
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Is this your way of saying "na na na can't hear you!" on GC? I'm pretty sure Senusret had a legitimate question for you.
Yeah, it really was. But it's fine.
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Old 10-23-2011, 11:47 AM
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Aren't you trying to get a new organization off the ground? (Or a relatively new organization?)
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