2007 UGA Recruitment

[33girl]

I searched on the Red & Black website and didn't find any current stories about a sorority on any sort of probation.

If this exists, and it isn't something coming down from the university or the Panhellenic, it's coming from the sorority's national HQ and as such is private sorority business that is not Panhellenic's place to disseminate to the public.

Ask the sorority themselves what the deal is.

[UGAalum94]

I suspect the PNMs have that opportunity, but probably won't do it.

[FSUZeta]

sororities may be limited or prohibited by the amount or the ability to hold social events for a certain period of time, but they can never be punished by denying them the chance to recruit or the number of new members they are allowed to take(meaning that they are allowed the same number of new members as the other sororities).

i hate tent talk!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

sororities may be limited or prohibited by the amount or the ability to hold social events for a certain period of time, but they can never be punished by denying them the chance to recruit or the number of new members they are allowed to take(meaning that they are allowed the same number of new members as the other sororities).

i hate tent talk!

The national HQ can dictate that they can take less NMs than quota but a Panhellenic can't. This was done in a fairly famous hazing case.

[UGAalum94]

I wouldn't think that cutting your own numbers be a good strategy at UGA. You'd just ensure the chapter had a really hard time bouncing back.

(For hazing, it might make sense, but we'd find news reports if this situation had anything to do with hazing, I think.)

But it's hard to see how setting your org. up to take less that quota is going to be a long term win in that environment.

As far as social probation, if this is the actual case, it seems like a decent internal solution. And as strong as the organization that might be involved is, honestly it shouldn't be a big deterrent to pledging for a sincere PNM. But I guess it depends on the severity of what it means.

[UGAMOM01]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

I wouldn't think that'd be a good strategy at UGA. You'd just ensure the chapter had a really hard time bouncing back.

(For hazing, it might make sense, but we'd find news reports if this situation had anything to do with hazing, I think.)

But it's hard to see how setting your org. up to take less that quota is going to be a long term win in that environment.

It might not appear to be a good strategy, but it would put the facts out for the girls. For some recruits, this wouldn't matter, but for others it might make a huge difference in making their selection. Heck, with over 1300 girls and the number of girls who are already being cut, surely they would be still be able to recruit outstanding girls.

I go back to an early comment: The UGA Panhel council should put it ALL out there for the girls to know... the good, bad, and ugly.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by UGAMOM01

It might not appear to be a good strategy, but it would put the facts out for the girls. For some recruits, this wouldn't matter, but for others it might make a huge difference in making their selection. Heck, with over 1300 girls and the number of girls who are already being cut, surely they would be still be able to recruit outstanding girls.

I go back to an early comment: The UGA Panhel council should put it ALL out there for the girls to know... the good, bad, and ugly.

For the record, I meant only the strategy of the group itself decide to reduce the numbers it took this year.

If a group is being punished, it seems only far to let the PNMs know it. BUT you have to be careful, because a lot of what people hear isn't true.

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

i hate tent talk!

It's like playing telephone. The PNMs are bombarded with tent talk, they tell mom and dad, mom and dad report to us.

Much of tent talk is ridiculous and absurd to begin with. By the time it gets back to GC it's at a whole 'nother level.