1. "separated from their house" is not literal. It means that they're not affiliated via Fbook, don't show up on the chapter website, face is covered in chapter composites, etc. I definitely knew Rho Gams who lived in the house. Since PNMs can't go in the house, it doesn't matter (but they would usually crash with someone off campus during recruitment).
2. Sometimes you know what group your Rho Gam is in. It happens. Esp with sophomores. The deaffiliation is mostly so that PNMs feel like they can confide in a Rho Gam without offending her. It only works some of the time.
3. We had to put our name on everything, and the Rho Gams would watch them. I doubt a dude could get close enough to the Rush Madness to steal a purse. And stealing is wrong. Sometimes girls would leave things at a house during recruitment; it would be returned to her Rho Gam, to be returned to the PNM (or put in a "Rush Lost & Found" box).
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