Nephew's IFC Recruitment
 

After several years on GC, I get to write a recruitment story.

My nephew moved to campus this week and already began the rush process to join a fraternity. I'm going to call him Clark Kent, because his nickname in school was "Superboy". Yes, I am biased, but he's a great kid. Class president for junior and senior years, football team (got bumped to varsity when he was a sophomore), a really good wrestler (went to state several times & offered a couple of wrestling scholarships, but didn't want to continue), and high school choir.

Clark is from a large metropolitan area in his state and is attending a regional state school. Several of his friends and others from his high school go to this university.

Since he's Clark Kent, and I loved comics growing up, the code will be superhero teams:

Justice League
Justice Society
Legion of Super Heroes
Titans
Outsiders
X-Men
Avengers
Defenders

There is another fraternity on campus that colonized last year. Knowing Clark and knowing the national rep of this fraternity, I think he would be a great fit. But, for reasons given later, he has already decided not to consider them.

He had his pre-Rush meeting this week. This is a campus with informal IFC recruitment. Rushees can go to as many or as few groups as they choose.

Clark did do some summer rush activities with two of the chapters, Legion of Super Heroes and Titans. He enjoyed both, but leaned closer to one than the other.

I can't remember when parties officially begin, so I will update as soon as he checks in with me.

I'm already biased against the DC fraternities.

I was always a DC fan, not Marvel. But, I didn't want to use Doom Patrol or Secret Seven, so I had to go with some Marvel groups.

Woo-hoo for a fraternity story! Good luck to your nephew!

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I'm pulling for the Avengers

Just make sure that his parents don't accidentally cut off his phone service like we did last year, lol.

I've been a huge DC fan for the longest time. it's awesome you're using comic book lingo for this story, Lang. :D

I'm pulling for the Justice League :cool:

Clark's perceptions of the chapters so far from a Meet the Greeks event:

Justice League - membership in the mid 40s; guys Clark met were friendly and he said that they seemed "ok".

Justice Society - membership in the 60s; He didn't see any members from his school, but a couple of guys recognized him from wrestling tournaments. Clark felt that this chapter was the "preppy" guys.

Legion of Super Heroes - membership in the 60s; One of Clark's coaches was a LSH member and had alerted the chapter about Clark last year. Clark went to a couple of summer parties. This group is heavy into intramurals, which would be a plus for Clark.

Titans - membership in the 60s; Two of Clark's best friends are Titans. Clark went to a couple of summer rush parties for Titans and said the guys were "awesome". There are a couple of other members from Clark's hs that are Titans.

Outsiders - membership in the 50s; Clark said the guys he met were easy going, laid back. A couple of friends from hs are Outsiders. Clark liked this group and said they are a strong possibility.

X-Men - membership in the 80s; Clark met several members of X-Men from his hometown (both his hs and the crosstown rival hs). A guy who he wrestled fairly regulary in the past recognized Clark and talked quite a bit to him.

Avengers - membership in the 40s; This is a chapter that had struggled a bit with members in the last couple of years, but is on an upswing. The guys Clark talked to were really pouring it on a bit thick, but Clark said they were "cool" and he would be interested in visiting them during Rush.

Defenders - membership in the 30s; Clark said the guys he met were "ok", but that the vibe just didn't feel right and they are probably not for him.

Clark and I have had several talks about doing what's right for him. He is a very social person, but is comfortable enough to do his own thing and not just join a group because of any pressure from friends.

Right now, the favorites for visiting during Rush are Legion of Super Heroes, Titans, Outsiders, and Avengers. He hasn't completely ruled any group out (even Defenders, where he didn't click with the guys he met). I have a feeling that LSH and the Titans are still the front runners. I will update as soon as Rush goes into full force.

Any updates yet?

Love reading this thread, can't wait for an update!

Thanks. Clark's school has informal rush for IFC. Basically, after move-in day, fraternities can start having parties. However, they cannot give out bids until a specific day. A couple of groups have had small parties this week (it's the 1st week of classes), but parties will begin in full-force next week. PNMs can choose to visit/attend as many group's parties as they want. Warning: the Rush period for IFC lasts for 2 weeks, so it's going to be a little while longer to find out if and where Clark gets a bid.

Clark has already went to a couple of parties, and has decided which fraternities he's going to focus on. He has decided to focus on:
Legion of Super Heroes
Titans
Outsiders
Avengers

Clark is not going to pursue memberhips for (not in order of my original list):
Theta Xi
Delta Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Lambda Chi Alpha

Co-sign.

Pulling for the Titans. (I so wanted to be Kid Flash when I was a kid.)

Kid Flash was the bomb. :cool:

I'm pulling for Legion of Super-Heroes

Finally some updates.

This past weekend, Clark went to lunch and hung out with some members of the Outsiders on Saturday. A few guys took Clark and a couple other PNMs to lunch and then back to their chapter house to just hang out and play video games. Clark said he enjoyed the afternoon and that the Outsiders seemed "real". He did talk to the guys about their chapter and some of their activities throughout the year.

Saturday night, Clark went to a party held by the Legion of Super Heroes. He said the guys were very friendly and asked him a lot of questions about himself. Clark thought that the members of LSH got along with each other well and seemed to enjoy being around each other.

A couple of Avengers ran into him Sunday night while he was eating dinner. They invited him to join them and just talked about the campus and the football team. Clark did ask some questions about the Avengers that the guys answered, but didn't push themselves on him.

Clark is going to a party with the Titans tonight. He was also invited to a party by the Justice Society, but as I reported earlier, he has decided not to pursue them.

Thanks for posting..have a son going through rush and it is pretty confusing as to the process...hopefully I will have an update for you as well..not as involved in student gov but also an athlete :)