Rush at UofA

[Zillini]

Speaking solely about Bama sorority recruitment, yes HS Seniors and to some extent even Juniors are recruited already in HS. There was a time when it was pretty much a free-for-all (my opinion anyways). Panhellenic finally realized some controls needed to be put in place both out of fairness in recruiting as well as the risk management issues. Now all recruitment functions such as spring teas and other summer get togethers should be registered with Panhellenic and the appropriate guidelines followed.

I can't say that non-registered functions don't still occur. But if a group is caught they face severe consequences. I know that a few years ago one sorority was placed on social probation by both the Univ and their Inat'l after getting caught taking pnm's to a summer fraternity party. That group's former recruitment chair spoke of the consequences they had to deal with at a recruitment advisors meeting.

As a parent I can't imagine sending my high school child to visit campus for a weekend of underaged drinking with my blessing. I've heard stories of some of these visiting pnms getting busted by the cops both for underaged drinking and MIL (minor in lounge). That's got to be fun, calling mom & dad for bail money then having to deal with the legal problems afterwards.