University of Alabama Recruitment 2007

amanda6035 · #1 08-07-2007, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Zillini

Open House/Round 1: Monday 8/13 – 14 parties; Tuesday 8/14 – 9 parties; PNM’s attend 14 Chapters out of 23 total parties

You mean they dont get to meet all chapters to start with???? Or I did totally misunderstand something?

AlphaFrog · #2 08-07-2007, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by amanda6035

You mean they dont get to meet all chapters to start with???? Or I did totally misunderstand something?

There are only 14 chapters participating in R at Bama.

23 parties to make them easier to manage.

amanda6035 · #3 08-07-2007, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

There are only 14 chapters participating in R at Bama.

23 parties to make them easier to manage.

oh.

I guess that makes sense. Hah. My brain is on another planet this morning.

OleMissGlitter · #4 08-07-2007, 10:33 AM

Wow! Keep us posted! I can't wait to hear how Alabama Recruitment goes this year!

Zillini · #5 08-07-2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by amanda6035

You mean they dont get to meet all chapters to start with???? Or I did totally misunderstand something?

There are 14 Chapters participating in Recruitment but we have 23 total parties in the first round. In other words the PNM's will be divided into 23 Recr groups and every group will visit every Chapter. Each group will have 9 off parties or breaks, but the actives will have to "work" 23 parties.

AZ-AlphaXi · #6 08-07-2007, 10:58 AM

As a matter of curiosity ... what will the PNMs be doing during their "off" parties? I hope they aren't sitting outside ... and I can't imagine that panhellenic will set them free ...

SWTXBelle · #7 08-07-2007, 01:09 PM

Is it bad that I'm thinking . .

If you love a pnm, set her free.
If she comes back, she is yours.
If not, she never was.

Zillini · #8 08-07-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

As a matter of curiosity ... what will the PNMs be doing during their "off" parties? I hope they aren't sitting outside ... and I can't imagine that panhellenic will set them free ...

You know, I feel rather stupid right now but this hadn't dawned on me before. It's an excellent question. I'm not sure how Panhellenic plans to set these breaks up. Will some PNM groups have delayed start times or will the breaks be intermixed throughout the days? I'll have to ask unless someone here already has the answer.

Last year there were a few extra rounds scattered throughout the 2 days. (Sorry, I can't recall exactly how many.) There were tents set up with chairs, water and fans. Parties last only 20 minutes with 10 minutes in between, so that's not much time to really go anywhere. I'm not sure if they're even allowed to. I guess I just assumed it would be similar this year but with so many more breaks it could be different.

honeychile · #9 08-07-2007, 09:38 PM

I'm guessing that having something cool to drink, and relaxing one's tootsies is going to be high on the list!

UGAalum94 · #10 08-07-2007, 09:51 PM

Having a few extra round makes sense to me, but to have 9 extra rounds seems a little hard on the current members.

Was the issue mainly that all the groups would have to double rush during first round because of the number of PNMs?

violetpretty · #11 08-07-2007, 11:39 PM

We do the first round like this at Maryland. The first round takes place over 2 days, and PNMs see 7 chapters each day. Seven chapters rent rooms in the Union the first day, and the other seven rent the rooms the second day. The PNMs are broken into 3 "shifts" for round 1, approximately 8-12, 12-4, and 4-8. Each chapter hosts 21 parties, 7 for each shift. Since only a fixed number of actives are allowed to be in the room, this system allows chapters to switch actives in and out so no one (except the President, VP Recruitment, and appropriate advisors) has to be there for 12 hours. (Or a chapter can choose to keep the same 30 or so pretty girls there all day

)

bamagirl09 · #12 08-07-2007, 11:42 PM

I think the biggest issue is that some of the houses can not physically accomodate the number of pnm's and active members at once. The rho chi groups are still over sixty pnms. So sixty girls plus 120 active members is a whole lot of people in the house at once. Also, there are 22 or 23 rho chi groups so on the first two days all the groups have to have the opportunity to visit the houses. If there weren't so many groups, there wouldn't be so many parties, obviously. I think, but I'm not sure, the during breaks girls will be able to go into Tutwiler (the nearby girl's dorm) and rest or sit under a tent set up around a couple of the houses. I could be wrong about that though. Panhellenic gives all the girls water, but shade, or the lack thereof, on sorority row is a big problem.

Zillini · #13 08-08-2007, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Was the issue mainly that all the groups would have to double rush during first round because of the number of PNMs?

That's part of it, but more importantly the Fire Marshall was having fits about so many people being inside the houses at one time.

Last night I was told Harris Hall (another nearby building) would also be open for PNM's during their off times.

elainebenice · #14 08-09-2007, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by AZ-AlphaXi

As a matter of curiosity ... what will the PNMs be doing during their "off" parties? I hope they aren't sitting outside ... and I can't imagine that panhellenic will set them free ...

visit "the strip"??? it is tuscaloosa afterall....

AnchorAlumna · #15 08-09-2007, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by elainebenice

visit "the strip"??? it is tuscaloosa afterall....

WAY too hot to walk that far.