Too fat to recruit: or, DePauw, the Sequel

[33girl]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

Actually, National Panhellenic is moving away from Recruitment "parties," meaning that it will be a lot less shallow, and primarily only based on conversation, as opposed to the glitz of decorations, make up, and skits. In the next few years, they just might be holding recruitment events in "warehouses," so to speak, because they won't be allowed to show off; they will only be able to have conversations with PNMs. Of course, this will be difficult for chapters to transition into, but it could be beneficial in the long run for the Greek System.

Umm....NPC has been "moving" towards this since the early 90s. Many campuses have kind of giggled and kept right on doing what they've always been doing - if you don't believe me, read the "rush clothes -what are you wearing?" thread. If they keep "moving" at this rate, they'll get rid of all frills by, oh, 2050 or so.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Umm....NPC has been "moving" towards this since the early 90s. Many campuses have kind of giggled and kept right on doing what they've always been doing - if you don't believe me, read the "rush clothes -what are you wearing?" thread. If they keep "moving" at this rate, they'll get rid of all frills by, oh, 2050 or so.

I don't know about that--but we'll just have to wait and see. They have been moving pretty quickly these days.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

I don't know about that--but we'll just have to wait and see. They have been moving pretty quickly these days.

Yes, some campuses have jumped right on the no-frills bandwagon...if that's what you mean by "moving fast", but there are other campuses that haven't changed a bit, and have no intention of changing.

[UGAalum94]

There are a bunch of campuses where dropping all the frills in the world isn't going to make people recruit differently in terms of what groups look for in new members and what new members look for in groups.

And because of that, I don't see how ritual based recruitment would be possible.