University of Arkansas Pref Night

[futurehog]

Would it be appropriate to wear a black dress on pref night at Arkansas? I've heard that at some schools you cannot wear a black dress or you'll blend in with the sorority members. What do y'all think?

[wavycutchip]

Black dresses are typically the norm for Arkansas Pref night.
The Greek life link is pretty vague here: http://uagreeks.uark.edu/whattowear.php. I wore a black dress to pref at Arkansas, but that was over 10 years ago. The main thing is make sure it is cocktail dress - not prom dress

[wavycutchip]

Of course I say that, but there are pics on facebook from last years pref here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...6356260&type=3. Color was all the rage in these pics

[33girl]

I know I've stated this before, and I know that the point is to downplay designer labels and appreciate the person inside and kum ba yah etc, but blech blech BLECH on someone choosing a shirt for me for the first three rounds that may be a color or a style that I look like absolute ass in. Do they at least offer a choice of 2-3 colors? I mean if I would have had to wear teal during rush I would never have gotten a bid. They would have been afraid I was dying of hepatitis.

[wavycutchip]

Poor 33girl. At least teal would be only 1 day - it looks like they rotate colors over the 3 opening rounds. Maybe you wouldn't have gone bid less

[carnation]

At Auburn, there's one day that PNMs wear a Panhellenic T-shirt and the cost is included in the fees. Last year, you had a choice of 3 luscious shades! I'm all for doing recruitment so that you wear T-shirts and shorts until maybe prefs.

UA may be in the Ozarks but Fayetteville is torrid in August.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by carnation

At Auburn, there's one day that PNMs wear a Panhellenic T-shirt and the cost is included in the fees. Last year, you had a choice of 3 luscious shades! I'm all for doing recruitment so that you wear T-shirts and shorts until maybe prefs.

UA may be in the Ozarks but Fayetteville is torrid in August.

From hearing discussions about predicting how many of each size to order, and the lead times necessary to produce about 4200 t-shirts. Panhellenic Registration would have to be cut off much earlier than it currently. That would allow the PNMs to select their own sizes (and colors if offered), but at what cost?

[DubaiSis]

It doesn't take long to make t-shirts. And they will probably have several hundred extras to allow for inaccuracies in size and last minute additions.

I'm all for the t-shirts, and I really think the looking awful in certain color thing is really way more personal than we think. As an example, I changed my hair part one day in college from the left side to the right. I felt like I was wearing a target over my head and yet not a single person noticed. You may not feel the greatest in teal, but the rest of the world probably wouldn't notice any difference in your skin tone. Unless part of rush is a period of time sitting under studio lights. Is the SEC THAT judgy? (ok, yes, I'm kidding)

[Maple St Alum]

Any word on how many registered? Registration closed on July 15.

[AlphaORose]

A black dress is just fine. However, a bright color can make you stand out and allow people to recall you a lot easier. I wore a black dress going through, but I would definitely say it is trending to more color in the last few years.

Last number I saw was 1351

[AGDLynn]

My AGD sister-daughter's daughter just pledged Zeta!

[FSUZeta]

hooray!

[honeychile]

133 New Alphas for Alpha Delta Pi!!

[gee_ess]

I hope Futurehog comes back and lets us know where she found a home! It was a crazy, crazy year at ARkansas - limited quotas for certain houses, larger quotas for others. It was groundbreaking and heartbreaking but I think it may have worked.

[AOII Angel]

I keep hearing about these limited quotas, but I haven't seen e diencephalic of it. Does anyone know what the numbers where for all the groups?