Panhellenic Spirit?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Do you feel that Panhellenic spirit is important when it does not relate to recruitment? How?

Well, recruitment is 365 days a year. Even if everyone decides to "play nice" during formal rush, it doesn't help if a girl thinking about Greek life goes to a party and hears a girl from a sorority saying "those bleeping XYZs are such whores!!" This is why LOTS of women are turned off to rush.

And it's important as far as showing the administration and faculty that this is a community - not just an excuse to compete and/or drink.

Don't get me wrong, I've had those moments when I came home and yelled "those bleeping XYZs!!!" because of this or that drama that went down. But I did it in the privacy of my home, not in public. In the heat of the moment you lash out at someone's affiliation sometimes - after you calm down you realize that's silly.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Well, recruitment is 365 days a year. Even if everyone decides to "play nice" during formal rush, it doesn't help if a girl thinking about Greek life goes to a party and hears a girl from a sorority saying "those bleeping XYZs are such whores!!" This is why LOTS of women are turned off to rush.

And it's important as far as showing the administration and faculty that this is a community - not just an excuse to compete and/or drink.

Don't get me wrong, I've had those moments when I came home and yelled "those bleeping XYZs!!!" because of this or that drama that went down. But I did it in the privacy of my home, not in public. In the heat of the moment you lash out at someone's affiliation sometimes - after you calm down you realize that's silly.

I think a lot of collegiate members don't think about that. Tearing down members of a rival organization makes everyone look bad, because in the eyes of many non-members, we are all the same.