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01-23-2014, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Katmandu
A lot of people like cold dorms. It is always dark, quiet and cold for sleeping only. It is not where the girls spend their active time. It allows for 2 and 3 girl rooms for study, chatting, and working on projects and space for sleeping and silence only. there is method to the madness....
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I slept in the cold air dorm for three years and loved it. I am pretty sure that is why I like the room I am sleeping in as an adult to be cool and pile blankets on top!
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01-23-2014, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by KDCat
Not everybody has $15,000 - $20,000 extra dollars to spend every year to go to an out-of-state school or a private school. IU is a deal for in-state students. They shouldn't be forced to choose between tuition dollars and Greek Life.
Not when this problem is an artificially created problem that can be easily corrected.
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Out-of-state schools? Private schools? Why? The state of Indiana has at least four other public schools that have a thriving Greek Life. Purdue is adding more chapters. Ball State's new member classes have surged in numbers. IUPUI is adding not one but two new chapters. Also, Indiana State is building housing for 8 sororities...right now.....with elevators! You have choices. If you are not happy with IU's system then transfer.
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01-23-2014, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Blue2
Out-of-state schools? Private schools? Why? The state of Indiana has at least four other public schools that have a thriving Greek Life. Purdue is adding more chapters. Ball State's new member classes have surged in numbers. IUPUI is adding not one but two new chapters. Also, Indiana State is building housing for 8 sororities...right now.....with elevators! You have choices. If you are not happy with IU's system then transfer.
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With the exception of Purdue, none of those are the same quality/ranking/reputation as IU.
If you want a similar school, you'd have to go out of state to University of Illinois or another flagship state university.
This is an artificial crisis which is easily correctable. Women shouldn't have to choose between going in-state to IU and being Greek.
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01-23-2014, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
The thing I never understood about sleeping porches is how you manage to wake up when you're supposed to without waking up the whole porch.
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In our house you put your tag on the time you wanted to get up on the wake-up board. I think there were fifteen minute increments for the hours from 6-9 (?). Someone had wake-up duty and would wake-up everyone at the time they requested. I think you got two reminders after your initial wake-up and then you were on your own.
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01-23-2014, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
The thing I never understood about sleeping porches is how you manage to wake up when you're supposed to without waking up the whole porch.
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Someone is typically on wake-up duty, and wakes everyone at their requested time.
We had a sleeping dorm that nobody really used, as we also had beds in our rooms, but other houses on our campus had them and the women and men who slept in them swear by them. I think it's probably just a case of whichever you are used to.
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01-23-2014, 09:03 PM
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After the second round house tours during recruitment, I ranked a "top tier" house last because I couldn't stand the thought of their "dormer" sleeping room, as it was called. I think they were the only chapter that had that, and they spent a lot of time explaining how it worked.
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01-23-2014, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee
LOL. Think about how nice it would be to have a dorm room, but know that when the others on the floor are loud and noisy, or if it is the middle of the afternoon and your roommate is listening to music and studying in your room, you would have a big large space where it was always dark and quiet and it is dedicated just to sleeping.
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When I was in college, I was friends with some guys who decided to do this with their dorm rooms. 8 guys were in 4 different rooms. They moved the 8 beds into 2 different rooms (with a couple dressers) and bunked them, and the remaining dressers and desks were in the other 2 rooms. So basically they had 2 nearly empty study/party/hang out rooms, and 2 sleeping rooms. Their RA was cool so they got away with it. I thought it was awesome.
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01-23-2014, 09:53 PM
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I have read through all of this forum with much interest. My daughter was a casualty of this year's rush process. We do not nor do we care to know why. She is the child of "well known" parents with "more than plenty" of money. My husband and I do not allow any of our children to "ride" on our family's prestige/good fortune. So in the end, I do not believe the sororities are "doing research" on their new members and if my daughter is not a good fit based on her own than I am glad the losses are cut now.
I use the name "disgusted" because it seems that many young girls have been cut with little reason. Had my daughter let it be known who her parents were she most likely would have been welcome anywhere, but in hindsight would have been hugely unfair as on her "own worth" received no bid.
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01-23-2014, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Titchou
Maybe it's the terminology but we call them sleeping porches. And since those are common in the south on farms and at cabins, it's a grea way to sleep. Nothing but sleep going on. All the chatter is elsewhere in the building. And they are also usually on the 3rd floor which makes them no so cold...esp if oyu have an electric blanket. Very cozy, very quiet.
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What about now? When it's freezing? Certainly they have heat now!!!
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01-23-2014, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by disgusted
I have read through all of this forum with much interest. My daughter was a casualty of this year's rush process. We do not nor do we care to know why. She is the child of "well known" parents with "more than plenty" of money. My husband and I do not allow any of our children to "ride" on our family's prestige/good fortune. So in the end, I do not believe the sororities are "doing research" on their new members and if my daughter is not a good fit based on her own than I am glad the losses are cut now.
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01-23-2014, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by disgusted
I have read through all of this forum with much interest. My daughter was a casualty of this year's rush process. We do not nor do we care to know why. She is the child of "well known" parents with "more than plenty" of money. My husband and I do not allow any of our children to "ride" on our family's prestige/good fortune. So in the end, I do not believe the sororities are "doing research" on their new members and if my daughter is not a good fit based on her own than I am glad the losses are cut now.
I use the name "disgusted" because it seems that many young girls have been cut with little reason. Had my daughter let it be known who her parents were she most likely would have been welcome anywhere, but in hindsight would have been hugely unfair as on her "own worth" received no bid.
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I am sorry that your daughter did not receive a bid. If you have read through the entire thread, you saw posts that this process was grueling for the actives and advisors (who are volunteers). We cannot discuss membership selection, and therefore no one can give the reason(s) that your daughter and other PNMs did not receive bids.
Going to take the high road on the rest.
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01-23-2014, 10:16 PM
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Please do not take offense by my posting. It was meant to defend the accusations of how a person looked or what they wore or researching the worth of their home address. I do not believe any of this to be true.
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01-23-2014, 10:26 PM
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@ disgusted
There really is no reason. As I told my older daughter when she was not selected, it is a game of chance. There are many more qualified, wonderful young women than there are spots. The actives only spoke with her for a few minutes, if a trained psychologist needs more time to analyze you and figure out who you are than that, than a 18-22 year old sorority women really does not know who you are after speaking with you for a few minutes either. I don't fault the actives, they do the best they can with the resources they have. There are simply not enough opportunities at IU.
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01-23-2014, 10:32 PM
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At most campuses, the number of places available is determined by the number of women going through recruitment.
At IU, the number of places has NOTHING to do with the number of women going through, and so it does not matter how WONDERFUL a pnm is - there are a finite number of spaces open. THAT is the problem.
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01-23-2014, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
At most campuses, the number of places available is determined by the number of women going through recruitment.
At IU, the number of places has NOTHING to do with the number of women going through, and so it does not matter how WONDERFUL a pnm is - there are a finite number of spaces open. THAT is the problem.
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