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Originally Posted by Cheerio
How will IU's Bed Rush change with ASA and TPA as non-housed sororities (since there is no Campus Total)?
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Bed rush won't change at all for the 19 housed chapters. ASA and TPA can set their own quota based on how large they would like to be. At Indiana size does not equal strength. Tri Delta has a smaller, yet beautiful, chapter house with virtually no live outs. Even though they are the smallest chapter on campus, they are very much sought after by PNMs. I am sure HoosierGirl88 can confirm that size does not matter in this case.
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Originally Posted by ladybug12
Why does Indiana want to be the special, perfect snowflake, and rainbow campus? I certainly understand campus traditions, but times change.
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This is definitely the problem. The Indiana chapters and their alumnae base does not want to change. I do think chapter size plays a huge role in that reluctance to change. I do believe there is a fear that chapters will get to 200+ members. Chapters range from 110-165 in the fall, then after January recruitment their numbers increase anywhere from 30-90 depending on the size of the pledge class. I have heard that the last few chapter meetings of the year are awfully crowded. Also, the chapters like the elitism. They believe that since half the women who start recruitment don't receive a bid, it makes them feel like they accomplished something. I know that may sound harsh, but I hear it almost every time I am on campus.
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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Ladybug12, I think that's why they are doing some non-housed expansion. It's a big risk on the part of the sororities who choose to do it because for all the talk about not needing a chapter house and this provides more girls the opportunities and benefits of membership, etc. etc., there has to be actual girls who will sign on the dotted line.
I think back in the day sorority = house so the thought of being in a sorority and not living in just didn't equate. Now of course that is not true, both for schools without chapter houses and for chapter memberships that far exceed the house capacity. But change comes slow. And the chapter houses at IU are huge. I can completely see them thinking their chapter sizes as currently housed are perfectly big enough. So you can expand by adding more housed chapters, with land being a huge road block, or adding non-housed chapters which goes against 100 years of sorority tradition. I think the non-housed option can succeed with some very painful growing pains in the process. And it's not going to be quick. But I guess time will tell!
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I hope that the unhoused chapter idea does work. I hate to see so many great young women who can't participate in Greek life because there just aren't enough spots. If IU isn't going to move away from bed rush, the unhoused chapters are a viable alternative.
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