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33Girl
You're right, of course. As usual you make excellent points. I can't speak with experience about sororities, but I was once a traveling consultant for my fraternity. We taught rush and did all the things you describe. But, what I saw was that the strongest chapters were those that were the most independent from the national office. Their alumni advised them on rush, managed the alumni program, owned the house or oversaw its operation. The national office was most effective in starting new chapters. I suppose my point is this: the ultimate goal of the national office should be to make the chapters independently strong. Sometimes fraternity headquarters staffs, often like greek life staffs, start taking themselves and their role with too much self-importance. It's not all about them and their programs and initiatives....and by extension the ever-growing need to raise fees and dues from the undergraduates to fund them. Visit the chapters, educate about hazing, send out a good magazine to alumni that reinforces the national theme, and raise money for programs from alumni. That's all they really need to do.
33Girl - you know sororities. They have very structured rush and a thick binder of rules. Perhaps the national offices play/should play a different role. QUESTION: I know it's possible that fraternity chapters can operate effectively without a house on a big-house campus. Is the same true of sororities? Can a Pan-Hel sorority colonize and grow to competitive strength without competitive housing?
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