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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
Who wants to have their teeth kicked in by back-stabbing or a
horrendous uphill-climb to be in a sorority at Ole Miss? Aren't we
all supposed to be civil to one another?
This problem will need to be tackled by the NIC and NPC execs at
the national level. It is sad and a lose-lose situation.
The tradition, history, nostalgia...all great, but without a helping
hand, Ole Miss and their ilk will remain air heads, sad but true, in
the eyes of us outsiders.
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Granted, a lot of the point of your post is lost on me, but I do want to respond to the above. I wouldn't put it quite so graphically, but it is an uphill climb to "be in a sorority" at many schools. Besides that, I believe that in this very thread someone (who actually knows) said that last year the sororities placed 90% of their PNMs. That is a phenominal percentage that even many small schools can't reach, and does not support your idea that rush at Ole Miss is back-stabbing or horrendous. In fact, several women (who actually know) have said in this thread that they don't consider Ole Miss rush to be all that competitive if you keep an open mind and give every group a fair chance.
Aside from the size of the pledge classes and chapters, which are acknowleged by everyone to be too large, there isn't much broken here that seems to need a helping hand. Ole Miss has one of the strongest Panhellenics in the south, if not the US. All of the sororities there are healthy and thriving. They must be doing quite a lot right.