[KappaKittyCat]

Mr. Earp,

While I usually agree with you (and always respect your opinion regardless), I'm going to have to voice my disagreement with you on this one. I refer you to the conclusion reached on your "Sorority Quotas?" thread. Men should not attempt to understand NPC Recruitment because they will not be able to comprehend it. Sure, to men, it looks stupid on the outside. But from the inside we can see that it works when the system is not abused.

I'm going to say that again.

It works when the system is not abused.

I would even go so far as to say that it works very well when the system is not abused. It gets the job done. Recruitment Counselors, whatever we call them from campus-to-campus, are an integral part of the system.

There was a thread last year about the large number of unmached PNMs at one school with a very large Greek system. I do not remember the school; perhaps it could have been that there were several such threads. Regardless, the number of bidless PNMs is not the problem. It is merely the most visible symptom of the problem. The problem could be that the school needs to expand, or that the campus Panhellenic needs to raise chapter total, or that chapters need to utilize snap bidding, quota additions, or release figures more prudently. Whatever the case, the number of bidless PNMs (to continue with this example), can be reduced without saying, "To hell with the system, let's free-for-all!"

And honestly, that's what NIC rush seems like to me and many of my fellow Greek women: a free-for-all. The dirty rushing that goes on with fraternities is of a completely different nature than that which goes on in sororities. If we had a system like yours, it would be an even bigger mess than it is now. We'd kill each other.

I invite you to read through some of the rush threads on here where the PNMs talk about how fabulous and supportive their Recruitment Counselors have been. My personal theory is that for every bad Recruitment Counselor, there are at least two good ones. This thread is for venting, primarily. Look at the thread title.

And I can say that in the past year, our campus panhellenic has done more to encourage the growth of the Greek system on my campus than they've done to harm it. They certainly helped our chapter quite a bit. So I'd suggest that you hesitate to criticize something that you don't understand.

Thank you.

Respectfully,
KKC