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Old 09-03-2007, 10:00 PM
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Our "knock" definitely had no good connotations. I remember sitting in my dorm room when I rushed listening to women down the hall wailing when their Rho Chi knocked on their doors. I think that having someone present to counsel the PNM after such a rejection does not send out the message the it's the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of the world. Rather...it just allows the PNM to have her ego stroked a little before sending her on her merry way. I don't think anyone in the process wants to be cruel.
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Old 09-03-2007, 10:23 PM
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I don't know. The more I think about this, the more I wonder. I think it does seem nicer to have someone personally tell the pnm, but on the other hand it does make it seem like it's a bigger deal.

I can remember as a kid trying out for teams and not making it. They would post a public list of who made the team, and you went and checked the list.

If you didn't make it, you felt bad and you could resolve to practice harder and try out again next year or look for another activity or sport to try.

Had they had counselors come to see us or insisted on delivering the news in person, I think it would have been more intense, more personal and seemed like a bigger deal.

Again, I think getting an envelope with a regret note instead of a bid as part of a public ceremony like many campuses have would be a terrible way to handle this issue.

I think the phone calls are fine and better than making someone come in and get the news, but we don't need think of PNMs as such fragile flowers.
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Old 09-04-2007, 02:55 PM
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I think the phone calls are fine and better than making someone come in and get the news, but we don't need think of PNMs as such fragile flowers.
We had one girl who went through recruitment this year that did not get a bid to either sorority. It was the first time in 4 years that it's happened. The greek life advisor called the PNM, rather than making either of the 2 disaffiliated panhellenic officers look like "the bad guy."
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