Too-Detailed Sorority Recruitment Rules -- Decorations and so forth?

[wavycutchip]

From my chapter advisor experience, sometimes its a lot nicer to have rules in black and white, instead of just saying "its a no-frills" recruitment. For example, last year in the recruitment rules for a chapter I advise said, there was a rule that said no costumes. Our chapter understood that to mean costumes like Halloween costumes or play/skit costumes, but another chapter filed a rush infraction saying that their matching T-shirts were costumes. While sanctions were not resulted, there was quite a bit of frustration and animosity between the chapters on campus when one group filed this rush infraction - not to mention the meetings involved when an infraction is filed.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by wavycutchip

From my chapter advisor experience, sometimes its a lot nicer to have rules in black and white, instead of just saying "its a no-frills" recruitment.

Absolutely.

And this may not only be a frills issue - it sounds as though they are using classrooms for rush rather than it being in sorority houses. There may have been problems in the past with people bringing too much stuff to rush parties and taking forever to clear out at the end of the night.