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Just a question.....has NPC mandated rush parties across the board? It seems like everyone who has rushed recently tells the same story as far as parties go: party 1 "info night'" party 2 skit, party 3 philanthropy where you actually make something (???) and then pref. Our rush was never ANYTHING like this. It was basically 4 parties where you entertained the girls, plied them with nice food (ours was always the best because one of our sisters' parents ran a high-end catering business and every year they catered for us) and chatted them up. There was a skit, I think it was 2nd or 3rd party, and there was one night where we went over all the financial crap.
Rush was really cool back when I went through. The girls would come bursting out of their houses in their costumes, singing and dancing, and they would grab the rushees and go inside. They gave us little gifts, like I remember getting a picture frame from Chi Omega, and we got to take stuff with us (such as the financial info sheets, some of the chapters went all out and made these elaborate scrolls, and then during pref we got letters from our rushers to take home, and we also got flowers) Then suddenly it was decided that it wasn't fair to the chapters to do it this way and then the rushees weren't allowed to take ANYTHING from the houses, not even a napkin!!!! And they started making us do parties 1 and 2 in these tiny, identical rooms at the student center and they were very strict about what props and decorations we could have, and no food. This made no sense to me because everyone has a house, but I guess Panhel felt that since some of the houses are nicer than others it wasn't fair. And no more singing. The rushees get escorted in by the PXs and the members aren't allowed to come out at all....members used to drive the rushees from house to house but now it is all alums. (Funny anecdote: my soph. year I got rearended by one of my sisters while driving for rush. I had seven rushees crammed into my little Celica and they all screamed!! I wanted to kill my sister but of course I had to act all gracious and sweet for the rushees!!! One year an Alpha Phi hit a DG head on (not hard) whizzing out fraterity circle for a rush party! Thank God nobody got hurt!!!!)
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