Cutting or pledging a group for dumb reasons

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by UofM-TKE

I went through fraternity rush as a first semester freshmen with 4 other guys from my dorm. We all planned to pledge the same house (bad idea, but who knew any better)?

When we got to the Kappa Sig house and walked into their foyer, I saw a nice version of their coat of arms on the wall. I immediately told my guys that we couldn't pledge here and we all left. The reason was that Kappa Sig has a Caduceus (entwined snakes) on their COA and I thought that this meant that they were a medical fraternity and so, not for us.

I was 17 and hadn't a clue.

LOL, I was strongly opposed to any group that used snakes, I have a paralyzing fear of them. Kappa Sig and Theta Chi were out right away. I was also turned off by Phi Kappa Sigma because they almost exclusively refer to themselves as "The Skulls" and I thought it made them sound sketchy.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

I was also turned off by Phi Kappa Sigma because they almost exclusively refer to themselves as "The Skulls" and I thought it made them sound sketchy.

One of my dorm floormates was turned off from greek life when he visited for campus preview weekend. This was a weekend in April where all admitted women and minorities are invited to spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on campus, go to lectures, go to social events, etc. The prefrosh stayed with current students, and of course fraternity and sorority members were highly encouraged to be hosts as this allowed them to do a bit of pre-rushing. When my floormate arrived, he'd been paired with a host from Phi Kappa Sigma, who greeted him with an exuberant, "Hi, nice to meet you! I'll take you on over to Skullhouse." The term "Skullhouse" put him right off...