[That_70s_Rush!]

Greek Life at JSU
Even though it was the mid-70s and an era of decline for Greek life on many campuses, Greek life was still very important at JSU, and about a quarter of the student body was Greek. Although not quite SEC crazy, rush was extremely competitive. I think there were 700 - 800 girls rushing with me and quota ended up being around 50. With a few exceptions, most of the sororities had between 100 and 160 members. At the time, there were 13 NPC groups on this campus. Since this is the 1970s and I am woefully uncreative, I am going to name them after characters from “That 70s Show.” Here they are in random order:

Eric
Donna
Hyde
Fez
Kelso
Jackie
Red
Kitty
Laurie
Midge
Bob
Leo
Randy

Our parties were stretched out over five days, with an Orientation Session and Rush Counselor Meeting on the evening prior to the first day of parties and Bid Day on the evening of the sixth day. The sets were broken up like this:

Set One: Open House Day One – first 7 house parties
Set One: Open House Day Two – last 6 house parties
Set Two: House Tours – up to 8 parties
Set Three: Theme/Skit – up to 5 parties
Set Four: Preference – up to 3 parties

As long as people are interested and not bored to tears, I'll start talking about the actual rush days tomorrow.