I cannot imagine considering using facebook as a rush reference. If they're GDI material on facebook then I'm pretty sure they will be miserable during rush and will get balled. If you're rushing you should be able to tell what kind of person you're rushing without trying to dig up dirt.

When most women are going through rush, they act all nice and innocent, they are not going to say to you (usuallywont some,some others are very blunt) "o hey i get drunk every day and i smoke pot frequently." i was a Gamma Chi this year, but I know that facebook was used by many chapters as a referance. Most things on facebook are not taken seriously, but if they are in a group that says for instance "4:20 is my favorite day of the year" that is a strike against someone because most women will not join groups like that in pure fun unless they really do smoke a lot. or if say you see in their pictures that they are making out with different guys in several different pictures that would be a negitive. Women going through recruitment want to be in a chapter they like, they will not say bad things about themselves, so the rusher would have no way of knowing what this girl is like. Without facebook recruitment would probably be the same, but it just gives a little edge on chapters parts.

this is my rant.
 

with everyone putting down the facebook, i think it's a great tool for rushee's!

i know i look through facebooks. i think pnms can use facebook to their advantage. brag a little on the facebook and include information about maybe how you volunteer at a children's hospital, etc. you can use facebook to put information you didn't get to tell to sororities during recruitment to make yourself look better.

Of course, avoid putting things down like "I LoOoOoOve to get WAAAAASTEEEED!!" and things of that nature. Or anything like "I SLEEP AROUND!!!" You get my drift ;)

Who cares?!?!?!?!

If a rushee was looking up things about my fraternity on facebook, odds are I wouldnt want him, because to be frank thats pretty gay.

Second, if because Im in a group that says i like to get drunk, etc, and he would decide not to join because of that, screw him. If hes gonna throw in the towel after a few comments, he doesnt deserve to wear my fraternities letters.

Third, If anyone takes facebook that seriously, I dont care if its a girl or a guy or what is said, then theyd get the ax from us because they most certainly wouldnt make it through pledgeship.

I hate all this hypersensitive crap. If a kid cant take a joke or two on the internet, or absolutely wont be able to overcome people who like to go out and get hammered, then dont give the kid a bid, because lets be serious, how much of that smae stuff goes on both in college and after graduating? My guess would be quite the lot.

I'm sure the sorority sisters are looking at that facebook group. It was probably created with good intentions however. The Gamma Chis are from all the sororities, so they're not going to be "in on it" as it were. Once you sign up for recruitment (if you haven't already) all the sororities will get your name and info anyway and can facebook/myspace/whatever new fangled thing there is out there - you anyway.

I wouldn't worry about stalking, but do make sure that it is a clean profile/pics/etc

I wouldn't advertise that fact. Particularly since you weren't here for that post and didn't see his other "posts" that were pretty nasty. He was one of the "fratties"

No, it's only 30 days. I sent a message to someone recently who I wasnt friends with and it warned me before I sent it that they would be able to see my profile for 30 days.

Just warning everyone here, but I am about to get on a soapbox :)

To begin with I am not sure the issue here is "just" facebook, I think really while facebook might be the most common on campuses at the moment really the issue is with Facebook/ Myspace/ Friendster/ Livejournal/ etc. No matter how safe you think these sites are and how private you think the information you post on them is they are all sites that CAN be accessed by other people. All it takes is one "friend" to let someone see your page and your information is out there. Even if it's an innocent thing like leaving a computer logged in in the computer lab.

Also there was recently an article in the Triangle (Sigma's magazine) about how our EO views these sites and what requirements they have for them.

My opinion is simple here, assume what you post can be read by anyone. If you are not sure of something leave it off your page.

Btw there have been news stories recently (I heard one last week, sorry I can't remember where) of students in college trying to get internships and because of pics/ information posted on their facebook that a professor saw they were turned down for.

Okay off the soapbox... sorry folks!