we need more sororities

You're not really Panhellenic woman if you don't know our organizations we all learn them before initiation.

That would exclude so many girls from rush and makes the greek system look snobby and exclusive. But I also hate how big our chapters have become.

Didn't DPhiE present a few years ago? Maybe they'll present again? Would be great to have both Alpha Xi and DPhiE back on campus. I mean if it's a matter of money, can panhellenic come together and help? Cause our chapter sizes are insane and as someone above mentioned, it's hard to build your sisterhood when only 1/4 of your chapter gets to go to events

Serious question...

So what's the problem with a sorority being exclusive? Isn't that the point? That's basically the whole premise of rush, you try your best to appeal to the houses while the houses decide whether or not to keep you one more round.

I kind of understand not wanting to seem snobby to draw more girls to the school and have them rush. But beyond that, I truly don't see the harm of lower quotas... If houses can function more effectively with lower numbers why is it such a big deal if they come off as exclusive. This is kind of like the whole debate over participation awards... Just because you show up doesn't mean you should be awarded, right? So just because a girl wants to rush doesn't mean she deserves a bid?

Idk, I'd like to hear other thoughts...

at the end of the day, sororities are businesses. they aren't going to want to turn away money

The key question is this: with facility costs given the mansions and overhead, what is the breakeven in membership so the houses are financially viable? Until there is clarity on this question, it is hard to argue for smaller pledge class size or more new chapters- get the facts and the. Build the case. Debate 101

Considering Tri Delt, adpi, dg, and alpha gam all built their houses back in 2011 and 2012 when total was around 300, I would say we could stand to lose a lot of girls before dues go up significantly. I would guess that most of the cost past that number is just the additional cost of food, sisterhood retreats, national dues, etc that comes with having additional members.

Until two or three years ago, IU had "bed rush" rather than an across-the-board cap on quota and total—it was completely different for each house depending on how many live-in vacancies they had and whether the chapter allowed live-outs. It resulted in a lot of disappointed PNMs because so many got cut even after pref, but while it's nice that they got rid of it, it didn't have a negative effect on recruitment numbers. I think the last year they had bed rush, about 1800 PNMs went through.