Local Recruitment

[PhoenixAzul]

Apparently, Otterbein (all locals) is doing something different this year. They're having a fall recruitment for upper classwomen and for interested freshmen. Now, to make this more confusing...there will be house tours in fall quarter. Upper classwomen and independent sophomores (sophomores who have rushed and chose not to affiliate with a sorority or dropped from recruitment) may be given bids. However, for freshmen women, this is a "get to know you" exercise, where they will be allowed to tour the house, but cannot be extended a bid.

(still with me?)

Add to this the fact that not all sororities will be taking a class during fall quarter. 3 chapters (including my own) took pledge classes in Winter and Spring. Taking a class this quarter would be 3 straight quarters of nothing but pledging/rush, and I don't know if the chapters can handle that sort of stress, especially because Formal rush happens in Winter quarter, which would be 4 straight quarters of rush/pledging, and no time to be a "chapter" as a whole. I'm kinda fascinated to see how this whole thing plays out, who takes girls who doesn't, or if the campus even responds to it.