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Originally Posted by kchaptergphib
I really want to take everyone from the (housed) house corp boards at IU and shake them. Seriously, alumnae, make some better decisions for the health of the entire system! There is no good reason to set quotas so artificially low. None. You can figure out a way to keep your physical house afloat with fewer than 75% of your members living in, I promise you.
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But they can't keep their house afloat if women don't join because they don't want to be part of a chapter that bucks a system. This is kind of like telling a chapter at Ole Miss "This whole wearing dresses on game day thing is stupid and costs too much for dry cleaning. Stop doing it." or telling a chapter at {insert frilly rush school here} that excessive rush decorations are ridiculous and need to be discontinued immediately. Those things would negatively affect rush numbers, I'm sure.
A culture change like this has to be a decision that ALL the chapters make together. Either that, or one of the most exclusive chapters has to decide to make the change and show that they still have the close sisterhood.
BadCat25 is right, the trustees of the university are the ones who need to change this. That way, the headquarters of the sororities can pretend they're aghast that their rights as independent organizations are being taken away (even though they will all be doing a Myposian Dance Of Joy) and avoid having alumnae or actives yelling at them.
The problem is, from what everyone has posted, the university LIKES that the Greek system is such a mess since that keeps it from getting stronger. This is where it comes down to $$$. Parents, do as AXORushAdvisor did, and vote with your checkbook. Too bad it will take a couple thousand of you to make a dent.
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