UIUC Rush Story

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by mystikchick

Honeychile, you have so much graciousness even when pointing out the unfortunate attitude of the OP that it's truly wonderful. You are amazing.

Originally Posted by Low C Sharp

I have gained additional respect today for Honeychile's Kappa mama. You can always tell when someone was brought up right.

Thank you both so very much - y'all are just TOO SWEET! Just to clear things up, though, my grandmama was the Kappa. My parents eloped when my daddy got drafted, and married women weren't allowed to pledge sororities back then.

But I'll be sure to pass the kind words on to my mama - you were surely raised right, too!

Originally Posted by xoheatherxo

i know im going against everyone on here and am going to get crap for it, but i honestly think we should leave her alone now and stop adding fuel to the fire.

I agree. She already has enough on her plate to think about, and anything from here on in is redundant. I do have enough faith in her chapter to see her true colors prior to initiation.

[tri deezy]

that was the most dramatic thread i've ever read in my life. i wish that one with the identical twin in a southern school with the pink frills and stuff kept posting! that was the best thread ever with those cliffhangers. she kept saying "but there was that one thing..."

regarding this thread- chill out! everyone! refer to the thread where people state the stupid/shallow/funny reasons they dropped or kept houses when they rushed. some of them sound pretty shallow and now they're all GCers. I remember being incredibly shallow during recruitment!

[ASUADPi]

I've read this whole thread and I have to agree, I think we should lay off LMV. Yes, she said some incredibly shallow things during recruitment, but I can't say that had I gone through formal I might not have been shallow as well. The school I rushed at (and the school I transferred too) had about 13-14 houses when I joined, I wouldn't have been able to remember much, but those "shallow" things (i.e., what the girls looked like). It doesn't make me a bad person, it makes me human. While, yes, I don't think she handeled her thread appropriately being bluntly honest, she has every right to be bluntly honest. We just aren't used to that on GC. We are used to PNM's being "sweet and kind and not rude". The reality check of this, not every PNM is like we are used too.

Critizing her and demanding apologies from her just, as someone pointed out, "adds fuel to the fire". People from GC keep ragging on her, she comes and behaves even more inappropriately, but at this point, we (on GC) aren't behaving to appropriately either. And I'm not calling anyone out by name, I'm saying GC as a whole, because as a whole there are way too many people to name that have behaved badly in recruitment threads.

For me, even though she is a junior transfer, she is still 19-21 (I say that because we don't know how old she was when she started college or when her birthday is). I know I was still pretty immature and stupid at those ages. And I'm everyone took a step back, they would "see" that they too were probably pretty immature and stupid at those ages as well.

I'm sure someone will flame me for this, but whatever.

[MSKKG]

Maybe a solution, and in light of some other rush thread fiascos, GC should recommend only retro rush threads or even just telling the GC community which GLO was pledged without going through the day-by-day experience.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

Maybe a solution, and in light of some other rush thread fiascos, GC should recommend only retro rush threads or even just telling the GC community which GLO was pledged without going through the day-by-day experience.

Aaack! This R thread addict would have a hard time with this solution!

I can see why you'd suggest it, but I'd seriously have to find a new fix. Then again, I'm Sydney, and I'm a GC R-thread-aholic.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by MSKKG

Maybe a solution, and in light of some other rush thread fiascos, GC should recommend only retro rush threads or even just telling the GC community which GLO was pledged without going through the day-by-day experience.

Most women manage to tell about their rush experience discreetly and without any consequences. The ones that don't, well....Darwinism is all I have to say

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Most women manage to tell about their rush experience discreetly and without any consequences. The ones that don't, well....Darwinism is all I have to say

Well, most PNM's are smart enough not to list out the chapters in alphabetical order, complete with obvious identifying details.

[SthrnZeta]

I'm not from up there, but I just finished reading the whole thread (thank God for those of you who quoted what she deleted) and I just have one question: Which one was Zeta??? PM me if you know, I'm nosey as heck and I just hope she didn't say anything too bad about my sisters up there (not that I'd do or say anything, just curious).