Northwestern Rush Documentary

[LOVEinZTA]

I searched to see if I could find any discussion of this video and couldn't come up with anything but if another exists please let me know. The video said it was posted to YouTube at the very end of February.

"Rushed"

[TSteven]

Wow!

[GeekyPenguin]

The comment about Theta being "blonde southern girls supporting George Bush" did make me lol.

I also thought Anonymous' comments on Facebook were very accurate - girls seem so surprised when they meet someone like them and never realize that's orchestrated.

[AOII Angel]

The documentary could have been good if it had focused more on the active with the brown t-shirt instead of the stereotypical rush chair.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

The documentary could have been good if it had focused more on the active with the brown t-shirt instead of the stereotypical rush chair.

Absolutely because then we could gloss over what really happens during recruitment and pretend it's all happy sunshine and ponies land. Give me a break, anonymous was actually honest. I know for a fact that when I told a friend (who was a sigma kappa alum) what I'd loved about one chapter I visited, the same thing managed to occur at sigma kappa. Exactly what happened with the interest spiel in this documentary.
Recruitment is ridiculous and shallow and we all know it. There's no way you can get to know a person from spending 45 minutes collectively over one week, especially when you do have 300 girls coming through. Does it really matter that one woman was brave enough to come straight out and say it? It's not like they're not judging us either. As much as we tell them not to go through with preconceived notions about each chapter, it's going to happen.

I also liked Allie's cynicism because that's the way I felt during recruitment but at the same time I still wanted to be in a sorority.

[ChildoftheHorn]

Ummmm what?

I just finished watching this and saw some comment made by someone with my same username....who would have my same username?

Also, who would have it and comment on stuff at my school....not ok.. I just made an account and commented on it *germanblonde15*

I wonder if someone knew my aim and used it...hmmm...

Is there any way I could get this removed... its really hurtful to some groups.

This is aweful...I may have to change all my usernames now...b/c someone else is using it. Not Cool!

If that person is on GC, it's really the wrong thing to do...

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by ChildoftheHorn

Ummmm what?

I just finished watching this and saw some comment made by someone with my same username....who would have my same username?

Also, who would have it and comment on stuff at my school....not ok.. I just made an account and commented on it *germanblonde15*

I wonder if someone knew my aim and used it...hmmm...

Is there any way I could get this removed... its really hurtful to some groups.

This is aweful...I may have to change all my usernames now...b/c someone else is using it. Not Cool!

If that person is on GC, it's really the wrong thing to do...

Me thinks you doth protest too much.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by PinkBabygirl10

If I saw this as a PNM or as a non-Greek parent of a PNM, I'd be skeptical on the Greek system and whether I'd want myself/my child to rush.

What's wrong with being skeptical? People SHOULD be skeptical of any collegiate activity that they have to spend significant amounts of money on AND make a lifetime commitment to.

I appreciated "Anonymous." I think she was disgruntled, perhaps jaded, and I believe those voices need to be heard, too.

I do believe the PhD they interviewed was on point.

The Greek System AS A WHOLE (Including NPHC, service/professional orgs) needs to be studied and discussed critically.

I'm glad that Allie got a bid. She seems really cool -- perhaps she can be part of the change that Anonymous would have liked to have seen in the system.

Or maybe she got jaded, too. *shrug*

[Senusret I]

Did you really feel like Allie was mocking it?

I don't think having an opinion on a practice makes it "mocking." I comment on dumb stuff all the time...doesn't make me a worse Greek (at least I don't think so, others are sure to differ, lol).

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by ta kala

I thought it was interesting how Allie would mock the recruitment process and then in the same breath express interest in giving it a shot.

Umm, hi. She's 18.

I personally really enjoyed it and wouldn't mind seeing a longer version of a documentary--maybe following several girls around, discussing the costs, etc.

Rush really is shallow, and anonymous was on-point with everything she said.