[honeychile]

ZTAMelissa made me think of other rush ideas, and maybe this should have its own thread, but...

The best rush idea I've ever seen in action was done by AEPhi at Pitt. Formal Rush is one week (at the most!), and instead of picking several wild ideas, and spending the week tearing down the decorations from the one night, and putting up new ones, they picked ONE rush theme - and each night, highlighted a different facet of it. They used a Mexican theme, and decorated accordingly - once. From there, everything fit into the theme - until Pref, which was done without decoration. As an advisor, I couldn't help but think of the money they saved (in decorations), the time they saved (decorating only the one time), and the wear & tear on the nerves that doing without sleep and "she's not pulling her weight!" stress. I applaud any rush activity that uses a minimum of waste.

FYI, for informal rush, we've made gingerbread houses, cookies & halloween bags for Ronald McDonald House, had a scavenger hunt, and a lot of old movie nights. PNMs that are into COB are usually the ones who want to see what the chapter is REALLY like on a day to day basis.

Good luck, everyone!
honeychile