Dirty Rushing and Consequences

[carnation]

In some cases, it's just not possible to undo the damage you've done to another sorority with merely a fine or a loss of socials. Some groups weigh the loss of socials against being able to demolish another sorority with rumors and plow straight ahead and do the latter, laughing all the way.

I'm thinking af a case at a Georgia school a few years back as told to me by another GCer. During recruitment, one group told PNMs awful and untrue things about their chief rival and the chief rivals made nowhere near quota. The offending group was very happy about the whole thing and apparently held parties off campus since they couldn't hold official parties. The punishment amounted to nothing and it took quite awhile for the other group to recover.

I'm not sure that Panhellenic Councils really have any means by which to punish severe infractions.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

What do you think would happen if PHC WAS allowed to limit the number of women taken in the next FR cycle?

[melongirl]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

What do you think would happen if PHC WAS allowed to limit the number of women taken in the next FR cycle?

In SOME (not all) I think the local Panhel's would be bogged down by accusations and trying to judiciate which claims were true and which were exaggereated.


At a school this fall, there was a sorority who received a huge number of rush infractions that in order to "pay up" for their infractions, the sorority would be on social probation for the next three years. The course of action is now in question, because it is punishing new member classes to and three years from now.

So is that setting a precedent if you are going to committ an infraction, do it big? You will only get the minimal infraction fine afterall...

[lauralaylin]

Originally Posted by carnation

I'm thinking af a case at a Georgia school a few years back as told to me by another GCer. During recruitment, one group told PNMs awful and untrue things about their chief rival and the chief rivals made nowhere near quota.

This happened at a school I won't name last year, leading one group to not make quota for the first time in many years. As there was no GA at the school, there was literally no punishment. The offending sorority said that the other did really bad things like circle the fat, and many pnm's believed it.

Most campuses where I've helped out don't really give out punishments. Sometimes they'll make a big deal out of little things (closing the door at pref when the rho chis are outside talking so loud that the ceremony is being disrupted), while usually when there really are infractions, they could care less because they can't prove anything.