Indiana University - NPC predictions

[Low D Flat]

Right. Some of the PNMs shunning the unhoused chapters may not actually care about living in...they care about whether fellow students perceive them as cool/popular.

[DubaiSis]

These chapters are still very new! Are they having trouble getting matched for events? There are soooooo many fraternities there. They may not be getting the "best" guys, but they shouldn't have any trouble having a full social schedule. Regardless of housing, if they are having trouble this needs to be OMG top priority. Especially for the younger gals, this is likely the #1 reason for joining an IU chapter.

[FSUZeta]

I believe that PNMs interested in the "prestige" of a certain chapter would also be looking at how prestigious the fraternities the chapter mixes with are. For that type of PNM it is not about whether the chapter has a full social calendar, but which fraternities fill the calendar.

[33girl]

^^^Picking up what I'm laying down.

[DubaiSis]

Well, IMO, no effort needs to be spent making those girls happy. They can be superior and in the best chapters or alone in their bitchiness. There are more than enough nice girls who want the more positive elements of sorority life. And those girls will more carefully consider their decision about whether they choose a house or no house in their future sorority. But hey, there are options across the spectrum at IU.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Well, IMO, no effort needs to be spent making those girls happy. They can be superior and in the best chapters or alone in their bitchiness. There are more than enough nice girls who want the more positive elements of sorority life. And those girls will more carefully consider their decision about whether they choose a house or no house in their future sorority. But hey, there are options across the spectrum at IU.

That's unfair. It's also something that from the way I understand it, GUYS at IU have been dealing with for years (i.e. desirability of chapter dependent on location and existence of house). Like I said, it's one thing to pooh-pooh that sort of thing at a school with a system so small that a sorority can mix with every group on campus in a semester. It's quite another at a school with 40+ fraternities. Calling girls who want to make the most of all aspects of their sorority membership including their social calendar, bitches, doesn't help fix the situation.

[ChioLu]

I hope all chapters who are not at IU choose to NOT present or accept invitations for expansion.
The "row" needs to be PANHELLENIC and get rid of "bed recruitment" for the good of all Greek Life at Indiana University.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

I hope all chapters who are not at IU choose to NOT present or accept invitations for expansion.

I hope not, I'd really really really like to have my chapter back.

[wsucalsigmakapp]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

I hope not, I'd really really really like to have my chapter back.

I hope that you get it back!!!

[cinder1965]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

I hope not, I'd really really really like to have my chapter back.

You better get it back. This is the year!

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

At the alumnae panhel meeting, the reps were told that AST submitted the interest packet but was unable to find a time to present before IU students left for the summer. So I would assume, AST might still be interested.

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

...I'd really really really like to have my chapter back.

Hoping the apparently interested NPC group/NPC alumnae are able to work things to their advantage at Indiana.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

I hope all chapters who are not at IU choose to NOT present or accept invitations for expansion.

I believe it was LaneSig who indicated that AST presented along with Delta Phi Epsilon. I won't pretend to know the inner workings of our expansion team, but I suspect that we probably wouldn't have presented if our headquarters was still in Alabama. Most of our chapters are at smaller schools with smaller Greek systems. Moving HQ to Indianapolis probably had a big influence in the decision. Just a hunch.

I'm curious to see if we'll present again.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I believe it was LaneSig who indicated that AST presented along with Delta Phi Epsilon. I won't pretend to know the inner workings of our expansion team, but I suspect that we probably wouldn't have presented if our headquarters was still in Alabama. Most of our chapters are at smaller schools with smaller Greek systems. Moving HQ to Indianapolis probably had a big influence in the decision. Just a hunch.

I'm curious to see if we'll present again.

At the alumnae panhel meeting, the reps were told that AST submitted the interest packet but was unable to find a time to present before IU students left for the summer. So I would assume, AST might still be interested.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap

At the alumnae panhel meeting, the reps were told that AST submitted the interest packet but was unable to find a time to present before IU students left for the summer. So I would assume, AST might still be interested.

Interesting. I've never heard of this happening before. Is this common? Do you know if we couldn't find the time to present or the school couldn't fit us in? Or the schedules of both just didn't work out? I wonder, if it was on us, was it because we wanted to "back out" of presenting...

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Interesting. I've never heard of this happening before. Is this common? Do you know if we couldn't find the time to present or the school couldn't fit us in? Or the schedules of both just didn't work out? I wonder, if it was on us, was it because we wanted to "back out" of presenting...

I think it was more of the both schedules couldn't line up variety. That's the impression our Panhel rep was under.