Although this conflict may be new to you, it is nothing new to the Greek system at your school. I would bet that you will not be the only PNM to have a class that conflicts with recruitment parties and as other have said, there will be sorority members that will also have to make the decision to attend recruitment parties or class. You already know that you're in college for academics but I'd find a friend to take class notes if skipping for a night is an option. If you cannot skip for one night (test, assignment, etc.) your Greek Life office probably has a plan in place to accommodate the situation. I personally would not ask permission from my professor as your honesty may backfire later in the semester if they are anti-Greek. You need to ask your rush counselor about the established policy and let them assist you in making the decision to skip or not. Also keep in mind that you will have to make numerous decisions just like this for the rest of your academic career.
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