Ah beg youah pardon?
Florida State University is a southern school. In a southern state.
It is a tragic fact that the farther south you go into Florida, however, the more north you get. This is why we've surrendered it to Longguyland.
It is located in the only capital never to fall to the north during the Civil War, and in fact, students from the then all male college defended the capital in the Battle of Natural Bridge, a skirmish fought south of town near the coast.
It was, actually, one of the first large state schools in the South to integrate, with little fanfare or incident. And it also awards more degrees to African Americans than any other of the state's large universities.
Only people who are not from Florida, which means outsiders who have moved to yankee outposts like Boca, a well known northern city full of overblown and overpriced condos located in South Florida, another country on another planet, who have accents that are the object of derision behind their backs, would make such a statement.
You know, the ones who just don't count in the old guard social sense among old Florida natives in places like Tampa, Jacksonville, and the Panhandle. Sniff.
(Yes, you brought out the less kind part of me that I've fought so hard to keep squashed for years and years.)
By all means, OP, go through spring rush. It's less formal, it gives you the benefit of having time to see the different groups in a setting outside of rush, and while not all the groups might participate, you'll likely know that in advance and if the groups that interest you most are not among those rushing, you can then decide to move forward or not.
And thank you for realizing you're in the South.
