1992 RUSH

AnatraAmore · #1 07-01-2007, 09:01 PM

How does it work with the different terms? Do chapters have two "groups" within them? I find it all really interesting and can't wait to hear more!

susan314 · #2 07-01-2007, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sangers

How does it work with the different terms? Do chapters have two "groups" within them? I find it all really interesting and can't wait to hear more!

Kettering is definitely a very unique school.

As Momof5 alluded to, there is an "A" session and a "B" session, which basically take turns being on campus. So, even though you technically attend the same university during the same time frame, you won't be on campus at the same time and will likely never cross paths.

(Sounds confusing, I know, and Momof5 if I did a bad job of explaining please let me know!)

So, for 11 weeks, the "A" session students would be on campus while the "B" students were off campus for engineering co-ops.

Next 11 weeks, the "B" session students would be on campus while the "A" session students would be off campus for engineering co-ops.

Then the cycle repeats every 11 weeks...with the student body essentially divided in half the whole time.

AGDee might be better able to confirm whether the Alpha Gam chapter at Kettering is for one session only...she has worked in an advisory type capacity with them. I'm only familiar with that chapter to the extent of seeing them at statewide events, etc.

The male to female ratio was crazy at GMI/Kettering...I recall a lot of their male students visiting MSU to meet ladies, since there weren't a whole lot on their campus.

ETA: Apparently AGDee beat me to the answer while I was typing my response. lol

violetpretty · #3 07-01-2007, 11:50 PM

Were there a couple more sororities on B session other than Alpha Gam, just out of curiousity?

susan314 · #4 07-01-2007, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Were there a couple more sororities on B session other than Alpha Gam, just out of curiousity?

Hmmn...according to the awesome recruitment thread by irishpipes (which lists the years of each NPC at each school), GMI/Kettering should have had 4 NPCs in 1992. (Theta Phi Alpha, ASA, Alpha Gam, and Alpha Phi)

I'm guessing then that Alpha Phi (which according to that thread opened in 1990) would have been in session B with Alpha Gam.

Beta Sigma Phi isn't listed in the irishpipes thread, which only includes NPC groups. So, there may have been another non-NPC group in the B session w/Alpha Gam and Alpha Phi.

(On one hand it seems odd that an sorority would only have half the female students available to them...whichever ones happened to be part of the respective session. On the other hand, I guess I understand why its done...otherwise you'd have sisters from your same chapter during the same year who you'd never have the opportunity to interact with.

)

UGAalum94 · #5 07-02-2007, 12:15 AM

That seems like such a strange way to do things and yet it's a fantastic use of resources: double the students in one set of facilities.

AlwaysSAI · #6 07-02-2007, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by susan314

Kettering is definitely a very unique school.

As Momof5 alluded to, there is an "A" session and a "B" session, which basically take turns being on campus. So, even though you technically attend the same university during the same time frame, you won't be on campus at the same time and will likely never cross paths.

I'm confused as to how this affects rush. So, if I'm a "B" student going through rush, do I only get to meet the "B" groups?

It doesn't really make sense to me that a woman would only get to meet half the orgs on campus. I know they occupy the campus at different times, but are coops like summer? My understanding was that during coops students were still on campus, just not in classes per se.

I just think a woman should have the opportunity to meet all the groups on campus.

Someone help clarify?

AlphaFrog · #7 07-02-2007, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

I'm confused as to how this affects rush. So, if I'm a "B" student going through rush, do I only get to meet the "B" groups?

It doesn't really make sense to me that a woman would only get to meet half the orgs on campus. I know they occupy the campus at different times, but are coops like summer? My understanding was that during coops students were still on campus, just not in classes per se.

I just think a woman should have the opportunity to meet all the groups on campus.

Someone help clarify?

It's almost like 2 seperate colleges. You can only join a group that's on campus during your "school" session. There would be no reason for a "B" student to meet the "A" groups, because they won't be on campus at the same time. You wouldn't join a sorority that only met during summer break at your university, would you? ASA is the only group that has both A and B sessions, but there are several fraternities that have both.

33girl · #8 07-02-2007, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

I'm confused as to how this affects rush. So, if I'm a "B" student going through rush, do I only get to meet the "B" groups?

It doesn't really make sense to me that a woman would only get to meet half the orgs on campus. I know they occupy the campus at different times, but are coops like summer? My understanding was that during coops students were still on campus, just not in classes per se.

I just think a woman should have the opportunity to meet all the groups on campus.

Someone help clarify?

It is basically like there are two different Greek systems altogether. Momof5 was in A section - she would have never, ever, ever been on campus during B section. Therefore it would have made no sense for her to meet any of the B section groups, any more than it would make sense for a student at UNC to go through rush at Duke.

Kettering is above and beyond your normal co-op school. The students are completely immersed in their co-op jobs and aren't on campus at all during those quarters. A students are on campus in the spring and fall and work in the winter and summer. B students are on campus in the summer and winter and work in the spring and fall. (I might have that backwards, but that's the gist of it.)

LegallyBrunette · #9 07-02-2007, 09:50 AM

What an interesting system. I'm curious, did the two different sections of ASA ever have any contact? Since it's so foreign to me, I can't help but wondering what it would be like for there to essentially be another chapter of my org at my school that I had no contact with.

Glad to hear you were giving Theta Phi a chance!

33girl · #10 07-02-2007, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LegallyBrunette

What an interesting system. I'm curious, did the two different sections of ASA ever have any contact? Since it's so foreign to me, I can't help but wondering what it would be like for there to essentially be another chapter of my org at my school that I had no contact with.

I'm sure they know each other to some point, but as far as rushing and pledging and chapter operations, they are completely separate.

AlphaFrog · #11 07-02-2007, 10:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm sure they know each other to some point, but as far as rushing and pledging and chapter operations, they are completely separate.

Do you know if they share the same house?

jwright25 · #12 07-02-2007, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm sure they know each other to some point, but as far as rushing and pledging and chapter operations, they are completely separate.

Sorry to keep the crash going, but this fascinates me. So do they have two Executive Boards? Two Presidents? Which one submits the chapter's "vote" or "voice" at the National Convention?

And to crash further, it blows my mind that the OP is my age and has 5 kids. Unless Momof5 refers to her dogs....

dukemama · #13 07-02-2007, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 33girl

Therefore it would have made no sense for her to meet any of the B section groups, any more than it would make sense for a student at UNC to go through rush at Duke.

That would definitely NOT make sense at all.

AlwaysSAI · #14 07-02-2007, 11:17 AM

YAY FOR THETA PHI ALPHA!!

Momof5 · #15 07-02-2007, 04:19 PM

Obviously I was enjoying my pledge experience very much. In a way I miss some of the minor "hazing". We had to meet with each of the sisters one on one to get to know them and keep it in our pledge book, but it was so much fun. I remember going for ice cream a couple times, meeting for lunch on campus, going to the mall and having gyros. If that's hazing, haze me all you want.

First term ended and we all went our separate ways for our coop session. We were not to be initiated until spring term. I spent the next 11 weeks working at UPS. Great people, great money, boring work. By the end of the 11 weeks I decided that working a desk job was not for me. However, since GMI only has Engineering and Management I had to transfer schools. I was able to go back to campus at the beginning of spring semester to tell my sisters and say goodbye. I was heart broken to be leaving Theta Phi Alpha.

I transferred to Purdue. I know from one engineering school to another, but Purdue offers a lot more options. I was able to major in Math Education. I really wanted to continue my greek experience since I had been having so much fun. However, Purdue does not have a Theta Phi Alpha Chapter so I would have to join a different group. At Purdue you are not allowed to participate in COB as a freshman unless you participated in formal rush so I had to wait until the next fall.

I did not even think about getting to know the different chapters during the term. I went to parties, but I never really interacted with sorority women individually.