Dirty Rushing and Consequences

[MaggieXi]

Originally Posted by Xylochick216

Fining isn't always effective. Some chapters at my alma mater would budget the fines into each year's budget because they knew they'd get their list to Panhellenic way too late. I forget what the fine was per hour, but they would hand in their list along with their fine at the same time.

The fining thing really worked at Elon when it came to turning lists in on time. However, when I was there when an actual rush infraction occured (XYZ was giving pnms beer at a bar in front of 4 rho chis -- their defense was that they didn't think the rho chis could report the infraction because the rho chis were dissafiliated...) Their consequence was they had to put on a "Panhellenic Spirit Workshop" as a new member workshop. I believe that XYZ group had to pay for the speaker to come and what not, so I guess it cost them a lot of money.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

The fining thing really worked at Elon when it came to turning lists in on time. However, when I was there when an actual rush infraction occured (XYZ was giving pnms beer at a bar in front of 4 rho chis -- their defense was that they didn't think the rho chis could report the infraction because the rho chis were dissafiliated...) Their consequence was they had to put on a "Panhellenic Spirit Workshop" as a new member workshop. I believe that XYZ group had to pay for the speaker to come and what not, so I guess it cost them a lot of money.

I would have laughed in their faces if they said that to me. Isn't that one of the jobs of a Rho chi?

[MaggieXi]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I would have laughed in their faces if they said that to me. Isn't that one of the jobs of a Rho chi?

You would think! Granted, the sorority member who was giving beer to the rushee was a new member who had just joined in the fall and may have not been aware of ALL the rules for formal recruitment, but you would have thought that what/who Rho Chis were would have been covered in their recruitment practice.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Zeta13Girl

I know at our campus the greek life advisor has discussed forbidding organizations that dirty rush from taking any new members at all for a year.

They aren't allowed to do this. The only way national orgs can be forbidden from taking pledges is if they are suspended or under discipline by their national headquarters.

The university can suspend them or discipline them, but if it's that severe of an offense the national HQ usually suspends them anyway, so the university's decision is moot. If the national HQ decides to continue to recognize the chapter, there's no way the university (especially a public one) can prevent students from joining.

If she tries this, she'll most likely be inviting a lawsuit from the sororities' headquarters.