[PhoenixAzul]

I agree. The "big job" for the Panhel VP this year was to change all the words in the recruitment handbook from "Rush" to "Recruitment" and "rushee" to "potential new member". No, sorry. These girls aren't potential new members, they're potential pledges. The use of the word "member" even with "new" ahead of it, implies an initiated status, full knowledge of ritual, and complete maturity in sisterhood. In my eyes, these girls are pledging to learn these things, to make them selves worthy of knowing and practicing ritual, and they are earning the right to be trusted with said knowledge. I wouldn't trust a girl to be called "member" after only knowing her from a total of 2 hours during recruitment. I know it is semantics or what have you, but when I was a pledge, I understood that my oath was being tested, that my word had to be proven to have value through discretion, loyalty and secrecy before I was worthy enough to be called Sister.

Also, your "new member period" here consists of the time between your initation and the initiation of the next group (mine ended in March). Girls pledge Jan- first week of march, are initiated, and then are considered "new members" through spring quarter, fall quarter, and then during recruitment of the next year to the initiation of the next pledge class.