Too fat to recruit: or, DePauw, the Sequel - Page 11

AlexMack · #**151** 06-26-2007, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Tippiechick

This thread needs to die. It is going nowhere.

DYING!

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Oh give me a break. Most fraternities seem to have their fair share of guys with guts.

Oh but it's different when you have a penis. Because you know, chicks and boobs and beer n stuff! Woooo anorexia!

AlexMack · #**152** 06-26-2007, 12:30 AM

DITY?!

AbercrombieFrat · #**153** 06-26-2007, 12:39 AM

aight, fo real tho, if malcolm x was reppin letters? hoos wood it b?

CrosseyedPi · #**154** 06-26-2007, 12:40 AM

i wish you wouldnt judge girls that are not perfect. I am visually disabled and still got a bid to a good srat. my sisters still love me~~~!!!~~

poppinmycollar · #**155** 06-26-2007, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Fraternal

KE at FSU

rulezz!!!

Drolefille · #**156** 06-26-2007, 01:08 AM

Wow they just exploded. Fratty splooge everywhere

Soliloquy · #**157** 06-26-2007, 01:37 AM

At all the cruelty and immaturity popping up in this thread.

I gotta agree with Tippie on the "beating a dead horse" picture. Obviously nothing is getting accomplished and various people are getting offended. I don't appreciate the lewd comments about overweight people or the insinuations that if you are overweight you should just crawl into the social hole of death and never leave.

Seriously, some of the comments from some of the posters have really shocked me.

Not that it matters to anyone or anything, I'm just rather disappointed in some of the reactions posted here. Oh well, karma is a beautiful thing.

frattypalmtree · #**158** 06-26-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Soliloquy

At all the cruelty and immaturity popping up in this thread.

I gotta agree with Tippie on the "beating a dead horse" picture. Obviously nothing is getting accomplished and various people are getting offended. I don't appreciate the lewd comments about overweight people or the insinuations that if you are overweight you should just crawl into the social hole of death and never leave.

Seriously, some of the comments from some of the posters have really shocked me.

Not that it matters to anyone or anything, I'm just rather disappointed in some of the reactions posted here. Oh well, karma is a beautiful thing.

they said u can come back after rush is over. whats so unacceptable about that?

Soliloquy · #**159** 06-26-2007, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by frattypalmtree

they said u can come back after rush is over. whats so unacceptable about that?

It's easy to act like a moron when you're hiding behind the internet.

Sorry, but it will take more then a poor attempt at an insult to get me fired up. Besides, fighting over tha intranets is silly.

James · #**160** 06-26-2007, 02:03 AM

Personal attacks will get you banned.

Just sayin' . . .

DeltaBetaBaby · #**161** 06-26-2007, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by SECdomination

I'm sorry that you're getting torn apart, but I agree with you 100%.

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, likes the idea of hiding the less appealing members. However, it is sometimes necessary for the long term success of the chapter.
It's being caught between a rock and a hard place.

Thank you. I know it hurts morale and such to ask a girl to be computer chair or on kitchen duty or something like that. You know what else hurts morale? Not making quota. By a lot. A lot of posters in this thread have never been in that situation.

Others have, and feel that it is better to close your chapter than hurt feelings. I disagree with that, and always will. What if HQ told you to get your chapter GPA up or be shut down? Would you be unwilling to put women on social probation or require study hours? It might hurt their feelings if you make them feel dumb, but I think few posters would hesitate here. What about women who can't pay their dues? If you try to put them on a payment plan and they still can't do it, do you let them remain a member forever without paying?

PM_Mama00 · #**162** 06-26-2007, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Thank you. I know it hurts morale and such to ask a girl to be computer chair or on kitchen duty or something like that. You know what else hurts morale? Not making quota. By a lot. A lot of posters in this thread have never been in that situation.

Others have, and feel that it is better to close your chapter than hurt feelings. I disagree with that, and always will. What if HQ told you to get your chapter GPA up or be shut down? Would you be unwilling to put women on social probation or require study hours? It might hurt their feelings if you make them feel dumb, but I think few posters would hesitate here. What about women who can't pay their dues? If you try to put them on a payment plan and they still can't do it, do you let them remain a member forever without paying?

GPA and being put on probation is WAY different than being told to hide in the corner during rush. I was once on academic probation and I think it was the best thing possible because the sorority motivated me to do better and study my ass off. Telling someone they can't be in view during rush hurts and is subjective rather than looking at someone's GPA which is objective.

kathykd2005 · #**163** 06-26-2007, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

GPA and being put on probation is WAY different than being told to hide in the corner during rush. I was once on academic probation and I think it was the best thing possible because the sorority motivated me to do better and study my ass off. Telling someone they can't be in view during rush hurts and is subjective rather than looking at someone's GPA which is objective.

I agree with you, PM_Mama00, but as someone else said, this thread is going nowhere. There are, I guess, people that view being cruel to their sisters necessary in attaining numbers during Recruitment, rather than taking an objective view of the situation, and orchestrating positive action. In short, many women, I fear, feel that instead of rectifying a situation, they should just push it to the background. Sadly, however, no matter how much you push a situation out of view, it's bound to come out at some point, most likely with dire consequences.

FSUZeta · #**164** 06-26-2007, 09:29 AM

the thing is that "hiding" the fat members is not going to change the immediate reputation that the chapter has. for instance, i know of a chapter that has the fat girl reputation on their campus.. i was very surprised when i saw all the campus sororities in a competition-each chapter had some fat girls, but the aforementioned one has the "fat girl" rep. this chapter also has the fewest members.

it seems to me that if a chapter is socked with a bad reputation, it takes practically an act of God to change the rep. closing the chapter and then trying to recolonize in a couple of years is not time enough for the reputation to die down.

SydneyK · #**165** 06-26-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

it seems to me that if a chapter is socked with a bad reputation, it takes practically an act of God to change the rep. closing the chapter and then trying to recolonize in a couple of years is not time enough for the reputation to die down.

Sad, but very true. Admittedly, I don't have personal experience with what really happens when a chapter is closed then recolonized. But, I've seen a too-recently-recolonized chapter struggle for its entire existence. And it's not pretty.

Just from having witnessed that, I'm of the opinion that the general response to a recolonized group should be, "Wow - I never knew there had been an ABC chapter here!" before deciding to try again.