what did you not like about rushing?

[sugar and spice]

Originally posted by aephi alum
That's wild... I don't recall my school having any rules about touching PNMs. I guess it's so that you can't hug them?

I seem to recall shaking hands with a few sisters when I rushed and with a few PNMs when I was on the other side... but no hugs... I'm not the touchy-feely type.

Would there be an exception for people with relatives going through? I can't imagine not being allowed to hug my blood sister, cousin, etc. if she were rushing my chapter and I had the chance to talk to her.

Would there also be an exception for emergencies, or for unusual circumstances - a PNM trips and a sister catches her arm so she doesn't fall?

It's supposed to be so that PNMs don't feel left out if they see other girls being hugged by a sorority member and they don't get hugged. Or, conversely, so that girls don't feel like the sorority is more likely to give them a bid if they get hugged and nobody else does.

I'm assume it wouldn't apply in emergencies. I can't imagine just letting a rushee fall down the stairs and split her head open just because it was against the rules to touch her!

I don't know if there's an exception for relatives -- I would doubt it.

And again, I'm not positive that they have this rule EVERYWHERE -- just that it exists at a number of places I'm familiar with.