Recruitment vs. Rush

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by ADPi Conniebama

Now - New Member Educator (or Coordinator) Then Pledge Mom

We called that person the Pledge Trainer or the Pledge Educator. A pledge mom was what some sororities call a big sis.

[PenguinTrax]

Originally Posted by ADPi Conniebama

I agree -


Now -"perspective new members" (pnm) Then - "rushee"

Actually, it is prospective.

[33girl]

I said it at the time, I'll say it again. Recruitment reminds me of either the military or a cult. If I'd been asked to go through something called "recruitment" I would have been quite turned off.

All the old terms are better, easier to remember and still used at many schools - even the most "PC."

And while "single intentional preference" doesn't sound as hardcore as "suicide", I think that was the whole POINT of the term "suicide" - to impress the seriousness of what you are doing when you do that.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I said it at the time, I'll say it again. Recruitment reminds me of either the military or a cult. If I'd been asked to go through something called "recruitment" I would have been quite turned off.

All the old terms are better, easier to remember and still used at many schools - even the most "PC."

And while "single intentional preference" doesn't sound as hardcore as "suicide", I think that was the whole POINT of the term "suicide" - to impress the seriousness of what you are doing when you do that.

Didn't you get the memo? We ARE in a cult! We're all beautiful, sexy, can't-handle-our-liquor teases. We make straight A's, we OWN the Homecoming Court, we can make floats out of toilet tissue and chicken wire. We all love pink, we love designer clothing & purses, we keep both a myspace and a livejournal, and we are just robots with beautiful hair. You know, Stepford University?

[CuriousWildcat]

Since I am currently going through the formal recruitment process as a potential new member (what we call it on campus) and we are learning about all of the new PC terms (there was actually a slide on our powerpoint the first night with a slide intitled "PC Recruitment terms") I know that we all just use the good ol' un PC terms that are user friendly.

[ADPi Conniebama]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Didn't you get the memo? we can make floats out of toilet tissue and chicken wire.

Actually honey - I think after 4 years of being homecoming chair when I was in college I think I could make all of the pyrmids of egypt out of toilet tissue and chicken wire - actually we had to resort to McDonalds (or was it Taco Bell) napkins one year - (We ran out of white in the middle of the night) Spray the heck out of it with that spray glue and there you go.