[PhoenixAzul]

* Disclaimer: we're an all-local campus with a quarter system (trimesters, but that's semantics).


1. If your recruitment is delayed, how do you charge new members dues? If we delay recruitment until early November they will miss 2/3 of a semester. Does anyone have this problem already and if yes, how do you handle it?

- Rush happens in winter quarter and is drawn out over 3 weekends. At the end of January pledging begins and usually continues till the the week before finals so the girls have a week of study then their exams. Those that have 8+ week pledge periods give their girls a break during this period as well. Our pledges pay their $25 (half active dues) fee 3 weeks into pledging, when active member dues are due.

2. What are the rules at your school surrounding disaffiliation for Pi Chis/Rho Chis/Rho Gammas (whatever you call them at your school)? If you have Spring rush do they disaffiliate for the whole Fall Semester? And if so, do you charge them dues for that semester? Do you have a hard time getting people to apply for these positions since it means such a long disaffiliation?

- I was a PX, and our disaffiliation began 1/2 way into Fall Quarter, and continued until the end of rush, and PX's may attend their own final party. Since the disaffiliation is pretty relaxed, positions are easily filled.


3. What are the rules at your school surrounding contact between sorority members and freshmen women? We've historically had a pretty strict policy that allowed very little interaction - you could say hello, give them directions to their class, but not much more. How do you handle this when you don't know at the beginning of the semster which freshmen will choose to rush and which won't?

- Fall quarter is supposed to be "civil" mixing. Freshwomen (and indp. sophomores) may not enter a sorority house unless she is a sister of a RESIDENT sister (not a non resident sister). Greetings, social interaction are OK, but talk of sorority is to be sparse and general and inclusive.

4. Do you find that most PNMs have already made up their mind about which group they want to join before Formal Recruitment begins?

- Yes, in most cases. Although many end up changing their minds from their "dream" sorority to the one they actually love.

5. If you have recently switched from Fall to Spring, did the number of women registering for Recruitment drop drastically?

-yes, the # of rushees is very influenced by the fact that girls have the whole fall quarter to observe sorority life and to dispell the stereotypes