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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
That's a great article, and exactly the kind of expose that recent knob failed miserably at. But reading the rest of the magazine was also really interesting. The political sex scandals, de-regulate oil, and all the alcohol ads!
It would be very interesting if that woman (still with us?) could go back and view rush in the new millennium. Some things have changed considerably, but a fairly remarkable amount hasn't. What would she say now?
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Texas Monthly continues to be a fascinating read and the topics don't seem to change all that much - maybe more articles about football and plastic surgery. Lots more articles about football.
They have published a couple of other articles that reference Greek life since that one in the 70s. One in the late 90s that was either Texas Monthly or D Magazine had a huge ripple effect that I still hear brought up by older alumnae. The basic premise was that there were 3 or 4 sororities worth joining at schools like UT or SMU and if you didn't get into those houses, you might as well transfer or admit that you had ruined the rest of your life. I still remember walking into an alumnae meeting at our house at SMU with women clutching copies of it, outraged.
But yeah, recruitment continues to be a spectator sport down here - I get asked about how certain chapters did during recruitment each year at some of our schools by people who themselves were never Greek and who did not even attend the schools in question.
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