House Tour Day

TERMINOLOGY: 

UNIQUE to us: a great way to point out some of the great things AOII only has, without putting down others... great way to make us stand out

Women instead of girls

Men instead of guys

Chapters instead of houses

Fraternities instead of frats

Greek students instead of greeks 

Greek community instead of greek system

Panhellenic instead of PAN

Panhellenic Delegates instead of Pan Dels

Panhellenic Association Meeting instead of Pan Del meetings

Panhellenic Executive Officers instead of on Pan

Interfraternity Council Officers instead of IFC

House director instead of house mom

Kitchen staff instead of house boys

National Organization or National Headquarters instead of nationals

Recruitment instead of rush

Residents instead of dormies/GDIs

Resident halls instead of dorms

Paraprofessionals instead of RAs or PAs

Hall director instead of head RA

Orientation Counselors instead of OCs 

DETAILS:

Tell stories/develop stories for each room, better way to have a genuine conversation with the PNM's

Top hall vs. Bottom hall: all room preference is given to those with the highest house points, there are many ways to earn house points (such as getting involved on LC, having a little, getting good grades, improving on grades, wearing letters, wearing pin attire, being Rho Gamma, being on Panhellinic, ect)

DO NOT TALK ABOUT 5 B's: boys, booze, bank accounts, bibles, bitches

Please try to compliment all the women when you first pick them up, but have a genuine compliment, do not fake it

DO NOT ask about major, try not to focus on the Recruitment process, you may start with a "How is recruitment going?" but change the subject back to AOII, because they are here to talk about our chapter, not about the recruitment process in general 

Living room: stories of morning gatherings, study hours (finals, slumber parties), lock in's, internet all through the house, comfy, cozy, homey, craft/costume room, dry functions, movie and programs with projectors, power outage slumber parties, serenade's for homecoming (freshmen sleep over) 

Kitchen: 3 meal during days of the week, popcorn machine, meals on weekend, finals snack time, full back kitchen, fully stocked, salad bar every lunch/dinner, vegetarian options, study tables in kitchen with snacks, sisterhoods, late plates

Sitting room: new furniture, study in sitting room, "boy" room story (men used to wait in room for dates to walk down the stairs when men were only allowed in that certain room)

TV room: new surround sound, comfy, big couches, Tivo, DVD player, sisterhoods (valentines day), informal recruitment events, Grey's/Bachelor/SVU

Lounge: movies, extra "personal" space, new furniture, place for women (friends/mom's/sister) to stay

Bottom hall rooms: 3-4 girls, sleeping porch (beds against every wall, outlets for phones, phones on vibrate to wake up, fans, cool air, 24 hour quiet, sleep well), BIG vanities, mirrors/bathrooms, Pit (biggest room, three women with 4 closets), desks in STUDY

Top hall rooms: 2 girls, lots of space, different bunking options, different types of rooms for different accommodations, desk in room, everything in one place

Six-man: apartment style living, beautiful view of campus/honor's hall, mini sleeping porch, ATTIC (room for big bins, extra rooms, area for storage options)

Four-man: apartment style living, view of Greek Roe, Pi Phi parking lot stories, mini sleeping porch

Bathrooms: BIG, kept clean, sink to dye hair/clean hand washed clothes, music options

Laundry room: four washers / four driers

Study: cool, vibrant, fun, study files, window, open to all, money for good grades, desks for everyone