sorority comments

We know that Ole Miss needs more sororities but based on the comments here, I wonder if the new chapter(s) will be welcomed by the existing ones. Seems like there are many factors involved at UM.

they don't seem very welcoming. I feel sorry for the new chapters.

look at the behavior of some of the Chi Omegas. It is making all sororities look bad.

@Seriously - What it means is that Panhellenic is going to have to start walking the walk and not talking the talk of Panhellenic Love. Infraction during recruitment will have to be punished. Bad form in manners will have to be rewarded with some sort of shaming. The handwringing and vicious attacks you see on here show the fear of established chapters that something might happen to the tier structure. There is only one constant in the world and that is CHANGE, and it's the thing people fear the most.

I totally agree that the culture needs to change.

Folks, finding a group to colonize that has local appeal AND has never lost a chapter in MS is simply impossible.

The choices are as follows:

1) Invite a group to colonize now and others to colonize in the future. Period. I agree that whatever group(s) would need to be strong enough nationally to sink lots of money into colonization efforts and building a competitive house.

2) Do nothing and let numbers spiral ever more out of control.

3) Force numbers down by artificially capping/lowering quota and total, thereby making sorority life super-exclusive and encouraging fewer girls to rush. (Of course, this would also result in tons of girls transferring out, or choosing not to attend Ole Miss in the first place.)

In any case, SOMETHING needs to be done.

I meant to ID myself as @SprngBrk in the comment below. Sorry!

-- Not SprngBrk

right "would need to be strong enough nationally to sink lots of money into colonization efforts and building a competitive house." You are so right. Check with the girls at Tennessee. My friend is a DZ there, and I believe nationals fully funded their house on their new sorority row. You might want to check with other chapters there to see who got good funding from nationals. That can be extremely important when trying to establish a new chapter. I would definitely go with a strong national chapter over local favoritism if you want funding.

The estimated investment in a facility BEGINS at $4 Million Dollars. The number of colonies that a GLO has going or about to start is also critical.

Why are you bashing ChiO and DDD? They are both GREAT houses!!!!!!!

don't worry...they've got KKG and DG on their bashing radar too.