Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be on this page -- as an ecstatic Mom!

My daughter had an amazing, amazing rush! We really did everything we could to make it great -- but we are not from Mississippi, so we were very worried! We had several recs for each house and were fortunate to have Ole Miss recs for several houses. This was KEY! When she chose Ole Miss, she knew one girl in one sorority... that's it.

She had her top 6 for skit round and her top 3 for prefs! So many girls were not so fortunate. We just couldn't believe it. Each night we'd talk about how crazy it was that she was doing so great! We'd heard all the stories about how brutal Ole Miss Rush could be, and she saw evidence all around her.

She was blessed to pledge her top choice and to be in such a great sorority. Her friends from home also pledged their top houses... so to all the future out-of-state Ole Miss Moms, it is possible. Just be sure you have LOTS of recs for each house and do your best to find recs from Ole Miss alums.

And I know without a doubt that the late rush really helped my daughter and the other out-of-state girls. She was able to get to know more girls and see which houses she wanted to keep and which she wanted to cut.

She is so happy and we are so proud of her! She's now a DDD from Ole Miss!

It's always nice to hear positive stories come out of super competitive recruitments. And, of course, I'm biased to be extra glad it had a Tri Delta ending. We haven't had enough of those around here this year!

Congrats to you and your daughter. She's joining a wonderful organization. :)

Is it normal for Old Miss to call the new women pledges?

Things change slowly in Mississippi ;)

If they change at all.:D

I guess it all depends on who wants the change. After they ditched Colonel Rebel and started using a black bear as a mascot, I will not be surprised at anything that is changed in Mississippi :mad:

Finally news from my rec girls. One is a Kappa Delta, one is a Kappa Kappa Gamma, one is a Kappa Alpha Theta and the other girl was dropped from recruitment. The girl who was dropped was a junior transfer. All of these girls were from out of state. Congratulations to all of the other PNM'S.

Ok, I know I haven't posted on here in a long time... but I have wondered this for a while:

Why not call them pledges? "New members" makes it sound like they're already initiated. And also, why is it not PC to call it Rush anymore? "Recruitment" sounds like we're in the military. There may already be a thread about this somewhere, but I have wondered for quite sometime why these terms aren't used anymore? It's not like they're offensive....IMO. Anyone?

Because NPC voted to change the terminology.....

I think they were changed primarily due to public perception. Trying to change the way people view sororities, make them more "up to date" and "professional" with how college women are now, and generally be more politically correct. It also tied in with shortening pledge periods and changing the pledging process.

Personally, I dislike the terms and have decided if I'm typing here at GC and I want to use pledge and rush... I'm just going to do it. The other ones are so incredibly awkward.

And I really dislike PC with a passion.

These are questions that have been asked for over a decade already. :o

I initiated right around the time of this transition. Rush became Recruitment. Rushee became PNM. Pledge became New Member. Frat Ed was now Member Development.

People will continue to call it whatever the hell they want to call it. But like Titchou said, NPC voted to change the terminology. I have no problem with using old vs. new but when working with collegians I feel like it's my responsibility to follow what the NPC says.

Chi Omega and Delta Gamma ads:

http://www.issuu.com/dailymississipp...10102011-small

Pi Phi today:


http://www.issuu.com/dailymississipp...10132011-small

A neighbors daughter is a new Pi Phi at Ole Miss. Her mom said that her daughter was thrilled!

Kappa Delta

http://www.issuu.com/dailymississipp...10142011-small

And going back to a conversation last year about names, they have a Laken and a Larken in this new member class. :)