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After preciousjeni's comment about other "researchers" (her quotation marks, not mine), I get the feeling that this place has had some trolls coming in asking questions like mine. Thenafter there were mostly comments and questions about the script, so maybe I should explain a bit, to establish some credibility.
A local company is trying to produce and sell a syndicated television series about a family of five. I'm one of three guys hired to turn their outlines into actual scripts, and I get to deal mostly with the oldest son character, who's a freshman at some fictional university. This is really just a writing job, which means I get a paycheck whether the show gets aired or not, but it could lead to bigger things so I want to get this right.
Like I said earlier, I went through rush at a very small college more than 20 years ago. Drinking was a lot more tolerated; STDs were not something people talked about, and there were no cell phones, text messages, or Facebook. After rush, I realized that I couldn't pledge, so I never got to see what went on from the inside.
What I'm most concerned right now with boils down to two things:
- The time schedule of rush. What kinds of events go, in what order, and how much time does the whole process take. (From what I've read so far, the guy seem to be expected to make a rather big decision in a few days. I don't remember being that rushed about it, but maybe we were.)
- How have things been changed by the fact that everybody can communicate instantly now? For example, I can imagine actives circulating a room of prospective pledges, saying polite things to them while texting their real opinions to their brothers around the room. Does crap like that actually happen?
Again, thanks for any help. Especially, so far, to MysticCat and aephi alum for giving me some specific leads to research.
And, aephi alum, please don't try to read/type while driving. You're a danger to yourself and others.
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