My daughter's new pledge class was posted in the Auburn's student newspaper by her new sorority. There were several other new pledge classes posted as well by other sororities in that same copy.

Would anyone at Ole Miss be willing to scan and post a few of the pledge ads for us yankees who are addicted to your recruitment?

i'll be in oxford for most of next week-i'll try to pick up these pledge ad's[i'm still unsure of them myself] and scan them for you. i'm interested, as well!!! haha your yankee comment made me laugh ;-)

link for Ole Miss paper
 

You can view the Ole Miss paper at http://www.thedmonline.com/

Click on 'DM in PDF' to see the whole paper with ads.

They should start putting the ads with the lists in the paper over the next week or so but it's kinda random.

AOII and KD did their ads today. Tri Delta was yesterday or on Tuesday I think. There will probably be some tomorrow. AOII's ad was really cute today if I don't say so myself!

Well, I stand corrected about the ads!! They are still there! BTW, SOOO great to fiiiinally WIN today and big with a shutout!!!!

Delayed Rush
 

Does anyone agree that Ole Miss has really made things difficult by moving rush after school starts? I attended Ole Miss Homecoming this weekend, and the sororities and fraternities were EXHAUSTED between midterms, rush, and Homecoming! This is going to not only hurt rush but also the university's enrollment if they don't move the date for rush. I really think it needs to be MOVED BACK...before school starts. Thoughts/comments?

It doesn't seem to be hurting anything. In fact, if anything it helps some PNMs by letting them get to know people. Why would this hurt the enrollment of a major university???

I never did like the delayed rush. I rushed when rush was before school and prefer that. If they don't want to hold rush before school anymore for whatever reasons they have, then I would prefer deferred rush. Holding rush in the middle of the semester, especially when midterms are going on, is almost cruel! They are punishing about 1/3 of their student population unduly.

It was delayed when I rushed. I always viewed it as though there will always be things in my life that coincide with school/midterms. If being in a sorority was something I wanted to do, I knew I had to be adult enough to figure out how to better manage my available time.

I sure didn't make my college decisions based on recruitment dates.

Exhaustion is just part of going to school, and it is part of going through life. Take a deep breath and let your daughter select her school based on her education needs rather than on when recruitment is scheduled.

I wouldn't expect anyone to make their college enrollment decisions based on recruitment dates, but it does seem to me that having sorority recruitment while classes weren't also going on would be better. If you wanted to have deferred, it seems like it would be better moved until after finals in the fall semester. I was looking up the academic calendar and finals end on December 7th, I think; couldn't it be after that for a week?

ETA: I'm not saying that college kids shouldn't have to learn how to do social stuff and classes at the same time, just that SEC sorority rush is pretty exhausting, and it might be easier on everyone to do it on a school break.

For most groups, you have to have enough time between pledging and the end of the semester to get them initiated. Doing that after finals would mean that the new member period wouldn't start for several weeks as well. And some groups require the new member education to begin within a week of pledging. And it is called "delayed" not "deferred" if it is held later in fall semester. Deferred is held in spring.

Good to know.

Back to where the twins pledged. I know that DG has one set. I think they were from Maryland.

As far as rush, I can see both sides. I will say that if they moved rush back just a couple of weeks so that it is not DURING mid-terms it would be better. Because of the fear of "dirty rushing" there is not a whole lot of interaction between the girls in the GLO's prior to rush. It does give the houses the time to observe the girls, but the girls really do not have any idea who is in a GLO unless they are wearing T-shirts, etc. I know my daughter was shocked at all the girls she knew in GLO's when she went through two weeks ago.

My daughter was coming from out-of-state (actually out of the region) so it was nice that she had the extra time for the houses to get to know her. She had a great recruitment for someone who went to Ole Miss knowing NO ONE. She might have done better in a deferred rush, but who knows. She is thrilled to be in a house, getting to know people, having a wonderful time and getting decent food.

I want to thank all of you on GC for the input during the past several months. I will say that it was a very tense time, but well worth the effort. I was able to help my daughter, as well as others, really understand that a lot of rush is a numbers game. The houses/members may really like you, but there is only so much room. Which is amazing considering the size of the pledge classes. Thanks again for the help.