Bama Fraternities

#1 01-20-2008, 12:04 AM

I'm a senior in high school and have written about this sort of thing before but now i need specifics. I am very much like SECDomination in morals (quote below) but I will probably be attending the university of alabama in the fall. does anyone know of any fraternities there that dont get too crazy?

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Also, it is important to note that I am a very conservative Christian. Nobody back home drank underage, did any sort of drugs, and most definately didn't sleep around- everyone would know about it by church on Sunday morning!
That should give you an idea about how naive and clueless I really was, even after a year of college.
During that year, my high school friends and I had grown apart, and we didn't spend much of the summer together, so I was ready to rush, for sure.

jmagnus · #2 01-25-2008, 03:31 AM

Rush in the fall. Meet all the Greek orgs. Tell them your beliefs and see what their reaction is.

Once you meet the brothers you will probably be able to tell which ones you would fit in best with. Be careful though. I'm not going to lie, people can be very fake during rush events.

Kevin · #3 01-25-2008, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jmagnus

Rush in the fall. Meet all the Greek orgs. Tell them your beliefs and see what their reaction is.

Once you meet the brothers you will probably be able to tell which ones you would fit in best with. Be careful though. I'm not going to lie, people can be very fake during rush events.

That won't cut it at a lot of Southern schools. Most top houses will basically be done putting their pledge classes together by the time formal rush roles around.

Benzgirl · #4 01-25-2008, 01:25 PM

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That won't cut it at a lot of Southern schools. Most top houses will basically be done putting their pledge classes together by the time formal rush roles around.

That gives me the heeby geebies.

Elephant Walk · #5 04-01-2008, 06:24 AM

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That gives me the heeby geebies.

Why?

We already know who we want.

I would venture to say that 3/4ths of the Fall pledge class is already signed before for Formal Rush. The 1/4th we find through rush or already know alot about them but aren't sure.

edit: at Arkansas you can't "officially sign" someone. Early bid cards are a way of getting someone to commit, even though it has no real bearing.

Zillini · #6 04-01-2008, 09:34 AM

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Why?

We already know who we want.

I would venture to say that 3/4ths of the Fall pledge class is already signed before for Formal Rush. The 1/4th we find through rush or already know alot about them but aren't sure.

That sounds about right. Most IFC recruitment at Bama occurs prior to the official Formal Recruitment in the fall. Any interested guys need to get themselves "out there" now.

FYI - That's how it was with my older brothers at the Univ of Illinois back in the early 80's. Same thing when I was a Little Sister helping the guys rush in the late 80's. I have no idea if it's still like that today.

Lucky SC · #7 01-25-2008, 06:06 PM

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That won't cut it at a lot of Southern schools. Most top houses will basically be done putting their pledge classes together by the time formal rush roles around.

yea i did spring rush for SAE at South Carolina, i just got accepted and am now a pledge, i know especially at Bama a lot of people know eachother from highschool and the local area. So you might want to look for someone you know really well who went there before you and pledged.

I got friends who are Kappa Sig there at Bama and i know connections to older brothers known previously was key because they stuck up for you on voting.

So in other words if you know a lot of people in one i'd go fall, if you don't then try and get to know them in your classes and go spring. It doesn't hurt to try fall though, if all else fails you are right where you started.

bamagirl09 · #8 01-28-2008, 01:33 AM

Call the greek life office. Ask for the VP of Recruitment. He can give you all the phone numbers and emails of the rush chairs for every house. Call them up or email them and most of them will invite you to at least one rush event. DON'T wait until the fall to start looking. You will end up in a university house...you'll know what I mean when you get here. ATO sounds like a good option for you, but there are tons of guys in most of the houses that sound like you. They just don't get the attention because they don't fit the stereotype the CW likes to portray of everyone.

jmagnus · #9 01-25-2008, 03:14 PM

I don't know a whole lot about southern schools. I go to southern illinois (about 20 minutes from kentucky) but at times it feels like the deep south.

For example, when I went to a bar outside of town, I say a guy with a shirt that said "KKK - The original boys in the hood". I left pretty quickly when I saw that!

DSTRen13 · #10 01-28-2008, 08:37 AM

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I don't know a whole lot about southern schools. I go to southern illinois (about 20 minutes from kentucky) but at times it feels like the deep south.

For example, when I went to a bar outside of town, I say a guy with a shirt that said "KKK - The original boys in the hood". I left pretty quickly when I saw that!

The KKK's really not a strictly "Southern" thing. It's a very popular hate group in the Midwest.

jojapeach · #11 01-28-2008, 09:12 AM

^^^ My historically black sorority was founded in 1922 in Indiana - also known as Klandiana at that time.

jmagnus · #12 01-28-2008, 03:10 PM

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The KKK's really not a strictly "Southern" thing. It's a very popular hate group in the Midwest.

True, but I'm from Northern Illinois. I had heard stories of them but never actually seen one. We also happened to drive by a "meeting" in a cornfield on the way to the party once. Regardless of your race, that stuff is just creepy.

jojapeach · #13 01-28-2008, 03:17 PM

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True, but I'm from Northern Illinois. I had heard stories of them but never actually seen one. We also happened to drive by a "meeting" in a cornfield on the way to the party once. Regardless of your race, that stuff is just creepy.

It seems like that moment should've happened about 75 or 100 years ago.

gtdxeric · #14 04-01-2008, 01:06 PM

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It seems like that moment should've happened about 75 or 100 years ago.

Or in the Blues Brothers movie.

"Illinois Nazis... I hate Illinois Nazis."

DSTRen13 · #15 01-28-2008, 05:46 PM

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True, but I'm from Northern Illinois. I had heard stories of them but never actually seen one. We also happened to drive by a "meeting" in a cornfield on the way to the party once. Regardless of your race, that stuff is just creepy.

I'm from the Deep South. Lived here my whole life, and I've never (that I know of) actually seen a Klansman either. Definitely never seen a meeting or rally in person - I've heard of them taking place, and seen video footage, but I guess I just keep to the right areas of town or something ... they're definitely around: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp