Not anything you have to worry about as a PNM.

I have worked behind the scenes at my daughter's sorority and watching the doorstacks...even from the back ...and hearing the energy...it is so exciting! I would be so sad if they did away with doorstacking. I didn't experience it as a PNM, but watching it now as my daughter's sorority does their doorstack... all I can say is...WOW!

The UF video posted by NinjaPoodle is the norm. What you see there is what each house does when there's a long break coming up in a round. It isn't done after each party. The standing neatly outside and then filing back inside happens after each party - note how the door closes quickly in order to not get a time violation! - but each house does their chant once there's a break because after that door closes you are "off the clock" so to speak. You can hear the other chapters doing it in the background too. The chants there are also done outside recruitment. On the morning after initiation, we all would run outside and do the chant as well to celebrate. (That's also one way we could tell if other houses had initiated - waking up to a 7 am Saturday morning chant from down the row.)

But thank heavens, no hair flipping.

The maximum budget allowed by USC Panhellenic for recruitment is $12,000.

Yayaya: I'm with you...working behind the scenes at my daughter's chapter was a wonderful experience! I loved their excitement and enthusiasm and it was contagious! Many girls really love being part of doorblock.
Kaeb: will your chapter be participating in formal recruitment this year?

That doesn't include anything paid for before the end of the previous year, or anything "donated" by the parents club, etc. And rush chairs simply don't tell Panhellenic about certain expenses and hide them in the basement until after phc walks through to inspect their houses. The max budget is kind of a joke; fortunately it's one that every house is in on so there's not really any advantage to one house over another.

haha true. SDT is doing all of formal recruitment but definitely sticking to within the $12k budget.

wow this'll be the first time sdt is participating in formal recruitment in a couple years, right? that's so exciting! and sorry OP for getting so off topic haha

Yup! Last time was fall 2009, though we did convo days last year. Lots of prep work... but we're excited!

Please let us know how it goes. I have a fondness for USC.

Los Angeles bound tonight!!!

I drove down the row last week and saw plenty of hair-flipping and singing practice.
It looked very fun and enthusiastic.

USCTrojanPNM13: come back and tell us what you thought of the harf flipping after seeing it in person! Please share your recruitment experience and where you pledged as well!

I came across this video of Washington State U. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SZwIDOoqYY

Some of the moves the houses did were cute. No hair flinging though. Oh, it's actually a recruitment counselor reveal.

Very cute tradition! I loved how it was choreographed and everything...

Thank You for posting this, NP! Very much enjoyed the nostalgia of the door songs, and it's fun guessing the Rho Chi's houses before they're shown.

Very cute!


What blows my mind is that Boom Boom was introduced to us when I was in school, and it's still being used today! Although we didn't clap, we clicked our fingers. Boom Boom!!

And... some hair flipping!

The hair flipping is intense!! I bet they are dizzy afterwards. Very cute though

That was a really cute reveal! Who were the women holding the doors open at each house? Sisters? They were dressed differently than the rest of the chapter.

I was Asst Rush Chair for my chapter, we had two Asssts and our job was to open the doors and stand there and smile while the Rush Chair walked out and said "Welcome to Sigma Kappa".

That is who I assumed were holding the doors. We did dress differently than the rest of the house....

Oh did I mention this was 25 years so I may have no idea what I am talking about? tee hee.:rolleyes:

oops, I meant to say "We did NOT dress differently that the rest of the house"!!!