Here I go, one more argument in favor of DEFERRED RUSH.
When I pledged I had seen women on my floor go through rush and their pledge periods and I KNEW it was going to be a lot of time and a lot of work. I knew which sorority's pledges were coming home drunk at 4 AM on a school night, who was happy with her pledging, and who was not. I also got to see who did personality 180's after they joined. I was a first generation college student with no clue about anything Greek so it was a really helpful eye-opener. I never, ever thought my pledge period was going to be peaches and cream and I am eternally grateful that I was able to observe, which I might not have had my school not had deferred rush.
sigmagrrl, I agree completely that we should think twice about what we are "selling" at rush. Sometimes I think "responsibility" has become a dirty word and it is definitely one that women need to hear more often at rush. They need to know this isn't the high school library club where you show up for 2 periods a week and you're done.* (2 cent vent) The focus on quantity needs to go for once and for all and be replaced by a focus on QUALITY and COMMITMENT.
*This reference is in no way a disparagement towards past, present or future Library Club members.
