Anytime a colony participates in any way in formal recruitment I'm sure it makes things a bit strange for PNM's. I helped out with the Open House round with a colony this year and I'm sure those girls were looking around thinking "What the hell is up with all the old ladies?"
(we had our alums present not current collegians)
And I appreciated her honesty.... not everyone is going to like each one of our chapters. As long as she wasn't being totally stupid about it, no one should be offended. And as OTW pointed out.... her recruitment is long over...