Yeah, I suppose it doesn't help that there are really no consequences. There are no sanctions. The last chapter that got caught dirty rushing had to write a letter of apology. Hell, the PNMs wouldn't know dirty rushing if it happened to them (ha ha). It's not like they say, "I was dirty rushed and I don't care." They don't even know they were. I seriously think that we should implement some PNM education. "You know you're being dirty rushed if..."
And if it happens,
tell your recruitment counselors! It's not going to make the chapter hate you! They won't even know it was you! Chances are, if they're dirty rushing you, they're dirty rushing twenty other PNMs that same night. Besides, they have
no right to do that to you. That is interfering with your right to choose free from interference (not to mention our right to rush you free from interference).
I'd really like my school to implement the rule that if you suicide, you don't get matched. No suiciding! That'd be a good way to encourage PNMs to keep an open mind during Recruitment (and kick a certain chapter in the you-know-what! Ha, serves them right!). There's no reason to think that just because a chapter's smaller, it's lame, or conversely, that just because a chapter's bigger, it's going to be more fun. I mean, really now! Do the math! If you join a small chapter, it won't be small anymore!
*ahem* Excuse me. Can you tell this is a touchy subject? It's what got my chapter down to four members this fall. I'm a little inclined to rant. I'll step down from this soapbox upon which I find myself. Gee, how did I get up here?