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Old 01-25-2005, 05:21 PM
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Rush at San Francisco bay area schools

I didnt see these schools listed on the rush calendar so I wanted to ask if anyone knows the dates for these schools.

*CAL
*Santa Clara
*SFSU
*SJSU
*Cal State Hayward

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Old 01-25-2005, 06:02 PM
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On the Spring '05 Recruitment Calendar (in the recruitment stories forum), Santa Clara University is listed as having recruitment Jan. 28-31.
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Old 01-25-2005, 06:38 PM
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Cal has formal recruitment in the fall...7 chapters are doing spring informal recruitment 1/25 thru 1/27
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Old 01-25-2005, 06:43 PM
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Thanks you guys. I guess I overlooked the Santa Clara U. I'll go to the other schools web sites and see if they have any info.

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I want to know because I'm thinking of a photobook project that I want to shoot.
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Old 01-25-2005, 08:04 PM
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SFSU will most likely be doing COB for spring recruitment as there are only a handful of open spots in all three NPCs. I would check on dates and times with Glitter650 and ladyj39--they are the experts on all things SFSU!
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Old 01-25-2005, 09:58 PM
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SFSU will most likely be doing COB for spring recruitment as there are only a handful of open spots in all three NPCs. I would check on dates and times with Glitter650 and ladyj39--they are the experts on all things SFSU!
greeklawgirl is correct!

The three NPC chapters at SFSU voted to have a completely informal recruitment in Spring. There will be no mandatory structure imposed by Panhellenic as far as parties and bid distribution are concerned.
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Old 01-26-2005, 02:34 PM
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greeklawgirl is correct!

The three NPC chapters at SFSU voted to have a completely informal recruitment in Spring. There will be no mandatory structure imposed by Panhellenic as far as parties and bid distribution are concerned.
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Will they have a Bid Day?
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Old 01-26-2005, 02:38 PM
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Thanks Greeklawgirl & Ladyj39
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Will they have a Bid Day?
I can only speak for Alpha Phi, and as of now, we're not. The other two houses may.

paging Glitter650!
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Old 01-26-2005, 02:44 PM
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unstructured recruitment

would you please keep us updated as to how successful the unstructured recruitment method is and how it compares (statistically)with past results at your school?
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Old 01-27-2005, 01:11 PM
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FSUZeta, although I'm not in San Francisco right now, I can tell you right off the bat that the numbers for an unstructured spring recruitment at SFSU are going to be much smaller than the spring recruitments of years past.

When I was a collegian, Panhellenic HAD to go with a partially or fully structured spring recruitment because all 3 sororities were so far under total, it was easier on both the chapters and the PNM to keep things organized.

But in the last 2 or 3 years, we've been getting HUGE numbers in fall formal rush (well, huge for us anyway!). When I was in school, a good year had fall quota at 14. This past fall, quota was 27 or 28! All 3 sororities were at/over total or very close to it. There just simply aren't that many open spots this semester, so statistically the numbers will be puny in comparison.

However, I take this as a sign of success and the huge strides we've made as a Greek system over the last few years. If SFSU's greek system keeps going in this direction, I think that in a year or two, spring recruitment will be non-existent and we MIGHT even need to look at bringing a 4th NPC on board.
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Old 01-27-2005, 03:23 PM
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Greeklawgirl pretty much hit the nail on the head!

For the last two spring semesters, we had a partially structured recruitment where all the PNMs would come to an Open House (held on a Monday) and meet the three sororities. Each sorority would hold their own parties throughout the week and it was the PNMs decision which parties she attended. (The three sororities tried not to schedule parties at the same time). NPC also set a rule that no one can hand out bids until Friday at noon at a scaled down version of Bid Day. This year, we decided that since some groups could only take approximately 4 PNMs, we were going to try a totally unstructured COB recruitment.

I pledged in 1997 and we did have four NPC groups on campus. In fact, I was part of the last fully structured recruitment SFSU held in Spring. Unfortunately, the year after I pledged, the fourth group decided to go alum due to low interest in Greek Life and low numbers. In the past few years, we’ve had an overwhelming amount of PNMs and it’s getting to the point where we are evaluating whether or not to either raise house total or to add a new group. This Spring and next Fall will really help to see what direction Panhellenic is going to take.
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Old 01-27-2005, 04:25 PM
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I went searching on CSUH's website because that's my hometown. I know greek life isn't THAT huge there, but it's gotten better than a few years ago. (Their old greek advisor is now Sac State's.)

I'm assuming that they just do COB in the spring like we do. But then again, I don't know for sure... and the only two sorority websites they had didn't have any information on it. (But I found out that a girl I went to high school with became a Tri Sig.)
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Old 01-27-2005, 05:04 PM
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However, I take this as a sign of success and the huge strides we've made as a Greek system over the last few years. If SFSU's greek system keeps going in this direction, I think that in a year or two, spring recruitment will be non-existent and we MIGHT even need to look at bringing a 4th NPC on board.
Ugghhh... it makes my head hurt (in a good way) just thinking about what direction we'll take if we keep getting such great rush numbers. I mean really, our umm.. facilities are sooooo great and spacious that we can bearly fit chapters and PNMs comfortably (actually, we CAN'T fit them really) don't know what we're going to do. Maybe LadyJ and I should form a lobby group to turn the old High School of the Arts (which just got a new campus) into student org. offices, and more meeting space that we have in our union.


Ninja poodle, I don't think there will be any real "bid day" pre se. I know Phi Sig plans to have a week worth of events and not really extend any bids until the end of week, but there won't be any big thing out on the quad with balloons like fall or anything like that. We'll probably just take them to dinner that night.
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Old 01-27-2005, 08:14 PM
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Maybe LadyJ and I should form a lobby group to turn the old High School of the Arts (which just got a new campus) into student org. offices, and more meeting space that we have in our union.
Ooooh! Let's do it!!! I'm sure Maria will drive up from LA to help.

There is definitely something that needs to be done about the space and availability of meeting rooms. It's ridiculous!
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Old 01-27-2005, 08:28 PM
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Glitter and Lady,

Does SFSU own that property?
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