For the first time since the Coed Fraternity Sorority Council mandated programming requirements last summer, all of the College's Greek organizations exceeded the minimum requirements.
Six houses failed to meet the requirements during Fall term and one house failed during Summer term, said CFSC Programming Liaison Jake O'Shea '97.
"What this means is that the standards make sense and people are putting effort into programming," O'Shea said.
Every house is required to sponsor various programming events satisfying different requirements of the "wellness wheel," O'Shea said.
The "wellness wheel" is a circular diagram with radial spokes separating components of a healthy individual. The wheel includes intellectual, vocational, emotional/spiritual, social, physical and cultural components O'Shea said.
At the beginning of each term, the CFSC gives houses criteria that must be met before the end of the term.
Chi Gamma Epsilon Fraternity programming chair Scott Armstrong '97 said he thinks the minimum requirements have their pros and cons.
"A lot of the stuff is just doing it because they say we have to," he said.
But Armstrong said the requirements might be beneficial because trite events sometimes become fantastic.
"I don't think I would have gotten 14 brothers out for the candlelight vigil on the Green last week [without the programming requirements], but it turned out to be something really special," he said.
At the end of each term, houses are evaluated by a committee composed of O'Shea and the programming chairs from several houses.
Sigma Delta sorority programming chair Cindy Bellefeuille '97 said she thinks outside evaluation of programming is helpful.
The most important thing houses gain from the programming requirements is "an objective evaluation -- someone from the outside looking in," she said.
If a house fails to meet the criteria it is assessed a $10 fee per active member. The money collected from delinquent houses would be used to fund events the following term, O'Shea said.
