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11.05.2009

Help a brother out!

Dear Greek World,

I am writing here because I learned about this site from a friend and thought I would give it a try. Im looking for some advice. I am a member of a national fraternity, we are one of the larger houses on campus. We always do really well in rush and gain alot of members. This being said I feel like there is a such thing as doing too well in rush. My house rushed about 45 new members this year. At first it was cool because we had bragging rights as doing the best in rush. Then I started to realize our numbers were starting to affect our closeness. With so many people now in and out of our house (not everyone can live in), it is hard to keep in touch with so many people. I have noticed that the upper-classmen and lower-classmen are becoming two separate groups. I don't want this to affect our success in the future. Does anyone have an idea on how I can try and fix this?

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AnonymousWednesday, December 2, 2009 at 4:34:00 PM PST
Having events like brother/sisterhoods would be helpful in getting everybody closer together. When the house is together working on community services or playing games, it makes the house as a whole closer. Even having brother/sisterhoods that combine two different classes would be helpful (Freshman/Junior night, Sophomore/Senior night)
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AnonymousWednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:09:00 PM PST
Branch out and get to know people better. If you are older, invite a younger member to join you in a nights events. If you're younger, take advantage of the time you have with the older kids and not be so shy around them. They're in your house too, they want to know everyone as well.
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AnonymousWednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:09:00 PM PST
Drink with everyone. Booze always brings confidence in everyone and is one of the best ways to meet people without feeling awkward
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AnonymousWednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:13:00 PM PST
A bigger house does mean that there are much more members to get to know and names to keep track of. But it shouldn't be too difficult considering you have to see them at least once a week. Make an effort to get to know members of your house, cause at some point you will have to live with them. Once that happens, you will know everything about people in your house, whether you are best friends with them or not.
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Big Brother/Sister: A person who is an older member in an organization that acts as a mentor to a Little Brother/Sister.
Chapter: Refers to the specific organization on a college campus. Greek organizations have a different chapter at each college campus they exist on. Chapters are often designated by greek letters to differentiate between other chapters within one organization.
Composite: An annual photo compiled of portrait pictures of each individual member in a house.
Dry: Refers to the absence of alcohol. There are certain events in which alcohol is prohibited. Some fraternities maintain a dry house to decrease their amount of insurance premiums. Most sororities are mandated by their national organization to maintain a dry house.
Exec: A slang term used for Executive Council. An Executive Council is the governing body within a chapter. A chain of command beginning with the president. Depending on an individual organization they contain numerous positions with specific titles and roles within the house. Some examples are V.P. Member Education, Treasurer, Historian, Chaplain, Vice President.
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House: Reference to an individuals fraternity or sorority not necessarily the house as a building.
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Nationals: Referring to the national headquarters of an organization. The top tier in the chain of command in greek organizations. They manage and monitor all chapters of a specific organization.
Philanthropy: An event held to raise money for a specific charity. Many philanthropies include week long events in which the entire greek community participates in. Some events are specific to fraternity competition and others only sorority competition.
Rush/Recruitment: Specific times in a school year in which fraternities and sororities recruit new members to join. Most houses (see House) have some form of Rush/Recruitment continuously throughout the year.

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