Underground Pledging

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Send a letter to the chapters, their advisers, and IHQ's stating that the university is on the deferred recruitment system and they may not pledge new members or hold recruitment activities with PNMs from DATE-DATE. During this time they may be supportive of PNMs and pro-Greek Life, but cannot dirty rush, pledge or hold any PNM to voicing a preference for their GLO or any other. Any chapters who are in violation of this silence period will risk disciplinary action by the university, which can result in being suspended from recruitment activities for the year or participation in social activities with other Greeks, including mixers and Homecoming/Greek Week. Continued violation of the silence period may result in chapter suspension and recognition. Encourage the chapters to observe the rule and to help enforce it within their own chapter and with the Greek System at-large.

Remind your Panhellenic and IFC delegates and have them remind their chapters. Call a meeting of the chapter presidents and advisers and do the same. Have a form for rush infractions that includes dirty rushing/pledging during the silence period.

Talk to the school newspaper. Likely they will want to jump on this and run a story. If you send out marketing materials to incoming freshman or have a website, make sure that PNMs understand they may not pledge or rush before the spring semester.

At freshman orientation, make a Greek Life presentation, espousing the benefits of joining a fraternity or a sorority. Encourage the PNMs to register for recruitment, look at the Greek websites and think about going Greek. Explain the silence dates and that if they attend a recruitment function, pledge or otherwise rush or are promised a bid to any GLO during the silence period, they risk specific discipline: IE: university sanction, not being permitted to rush for a full calendar year, etc.

Bottom line: enforce this firmly and fairly, and let all parties know of the appropriate dates and repercussions for both the chapters and the PNMs.