observation at recruitment parties

[FSUZeta]

do any of you have any first hand knowledge of panhellenic officers or recruitment counselors observing the festivities during a recruitment party?

[WhiteDaisy128]

At NCSU, Panhellenic officers will sit in on skits during skit night. That's the only real time they are inside...they do sometimes come in before parties though...just to walk through to see things...

[FSUZeta]

whitedaisy,so they are in the room only during the skit?


deltabetababy, are they there during the entire party? are they at every party?

[WhiteDaisy128]

I believe they are in the room ONLY for the skit...they just let us know they are coming so we set out however many extra chairs...I do not think they are actually inside...unless it's raining or something and they wait in the lobby of the house.

[FSUZeta]

back in the day, we only went around with our recruitment groups the first two days of recruitment, and we entered the house after the pnms did. we were escorted to the housemothers apartment, where we were offered food and drink . we were not in the part of the house where the actual party was taking place.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I think ours were there for most of the party, but I was always so busy actually doing recruitment that I didn't really notice. They sat through the skit and pref, though. I don't know what they did open house or philanthropy night.

[SigKapSweetie]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

we entered the house after the pnms did. we were escorted to the housemothers apartment, where we were offered food and drink . we were not in the part of the house where the actual party was taking place.

Ditto on this for UF. The only time the Pi Chis were allowed to 'attend' a party was during the video round, and that was by invitation only (although I can't think of a single chapter that didn't invite them to watch). They stood in the very back corner of the room. If there was a Panhel Exec member there, she usually timed the video with her stopwatch to make sure it wasn't over time, but we'd already submitted the videos for review before recruitment began, so it was more of a double-check than anything else.

[_Lisa_]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

back in the day, we only went around with our recruitment groups the first two days of recruitment, and we entered the house after the pnms did. we were escorted to the housemothers apartment, where we were offered food and drink . we were not in the part of the house where the actual party was taking place.

This is true for the University of Kentucky and generally only if its not a nice day outside. If the weather is nice the Rho Chi's might sit out in Sorority Circle in the shade.

We'd usually invite them to come in & watch the skit and/or song portion of the recruitment process.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

do any of you have any first hand knowledge of panhellenic officers or recruitment counselors observing the festivities during a recruitment party?

Yes, at Illinois, they walk around to ensure that no rules are being violated.