Fall Rush 2009
 

The Zeta Phi Zeta chapter at the University of Tennessee @ Chattanooga gave out 35 bids last Friday.

Any other reports from other chapters?

don't know yet, UMBC's rush week isn't until the 21st. i will post once i hear.

Florida Tech was planning to associate 18 last week.

Sigma Epsilon at Montevallo associated 10 Men through formal rush, with about 40 men going through rush. Not bad.

hmmm, something interesting: on the UTC campus, NPC Recruitment had approx. 390 women go through Rush, with 212 bids given out; IFC Recruitment had 115 men go through Rush, with Lambda Chi getting the highest number at 35.

Well, the question is: Is the economic downturn affecting rush for men more than women? Usually, the numbers of PNMs are equal for both genders at UTC. Is this happening on other campuses?

Thoughts? Theories?

An interesting question
 

This is a very interesting question. I don't think that we'll have our data until December or so, but it would be an interesting exercise to look at some numbers over the past few years.

What makes this tough, however, is the implementation of True Brother which seems to have been a very effective rush tool.

True Brother is the way of our future and I don't know if we can ever normalize the data.

Now, don't I sound like Bro. Elgan Baker!!

Zeta Sigma at the University of Louisville just associated 36 men through formal RUSH. It's the largest class since the late 60's I'm told. The chapter also just recently was approved for Inner Circle, and I'm hoping this will help improve not only active development but also make them better Big Brothers. With a class this large it's nearly impossible to keep up retention without good Bigs!

New here so a shout out to my fellow Brothers. I was initiated 3 years ago and am proud to say we got 30 new associates. This is the largest class in 20 years now. 0h, Lambda Chi chapter.

Welcome to the LCA boards here at GC, Brother Chopper606. What chapter are you with?

In ZAX...

I posted it before!Thanks for reasking. I love saying it as we are growing and am very proud, LC Z. I will graduate this year and hope it will stiil keep growing. I will also try as an alumni to keep coming back when I can. It is nice to keep in touch with other members on a site where whe can talk.

It's a similar situation at my campus, Southeast Missouri State University. While almost all the sororities made quota as usual and had roughly 180 girls successfully receive a bid, almost every fraternity saw far smaller groups of men accepting bids. While the average size chapters will generally get is anywhere from 15-20, most chapters got only about 10-15 with one getting none at all.

St. Louis College of Pharmacy
 

Pi-Lambda Zeta at STLCOP got an all-time high of 18 AM's this year.

And is it just me, or is Tom back yet again?

I hope so or PSU students need to take a typing class.

wow. thanks for the nice comments

Almost makes me glad to be here. Or not.

I just had to mention that SEMO was probably the best chapter I ever had the pleasure of visiting. Yes, it was 8 years ago... but those guys were great and I still love the t-shirts the brothers I met gave me. They were on the SEMO cheer squad and I was one of their camp instructors.

I also met a brother named Jason. I think his last name was "Galloway" (he had a very prominant nose) and he was hilarious. Of course, you probably wouldn't know these guys because they would have graduated a LONG time ago.

Back then the SEMO chapter was the king of the campus and had a house by a hill they called "Pike Hill" (I think because the Pikes had the house closest to it).

Anyway, loved that chapter and loved the great city of Cape Girardeau... and the bars that have probably long since closed -- Ragsdale's and Show Me's.