Ole Miss Rush/Recruitment~2007

[SECMom]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Gee, I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for that!
I'd say Ole Miss's is more brutal...fewer sororities to pledge 'em.
I'd still rather see more sororities and fewer pledges per sorority. Don't guess that will ever happen, though.

Frankly, I think Auburn takes the brutality-cake! Ole Miss is probably next and Alabama last, Bama has more sororities and they guarantee bids if you go to 3 prefs (or if you maximize your options......)

Don't know anything about LSU or GA, they might be worse than Auburn....of course there are so many factors that go into whether or not rush is "brutal," e.g., did the pnm effectively "cut herself" out of rush....that is a whole nother can of worms!

[Tennissusan]

The story in Oxford this weekend is that 2 new sororities are coming to Ole Miss. ADpi is coming back and another new one. They will bid on
the current houses and the smaller white houses on sorority row are being torn down and 2 new houses will be built on this property. The chapters
in the smaller white houses are getting new houses on campus. I was
told this by several different alums. Anyone know the story?????

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by Tennissusan

The story in Oxford this weekend is that 2 new sororities are coming to Ole Miss. ADpi is coming back and another new one. They will bid on
the current houses and the smaller white houses on sorority row are being torn down and 2 new houses will be built on this property. The chapters
in the smaller white houses are getting new houses on campus. I was
told this by several different alums. Anyone know the story?????

IMHO, I think that a lot of people are very excited right now and it's getting the best of them. Expansion is a very exciting time and it's kind of fun to speculate. Ole Miss could benefit from an additional chapter or two but there hasn't been an official meeting or vote on expansion yet let alone who might be selected. Recruitment has been on everybody's plate and now that that is out of the way, I am sure that discussions will begin in earnest. I look forward to watching the process!

[irishpipes]

I agree, aopirose, and to suggest that a certain NPC is coming on campus would be incorrect since there is a process that has to be followed. If they decide to open the campus, all groups have the chance to submit materials and the process goes on from there. No one group just decides they're coming on.

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I agree, aopirose, and to suggest that a certain NPC is coming on campus would be incorrect since there is a process that has to be followed. If they decide to open the campus, all groups have the chance to submit materials and the process goes on from there. No one group just decides they're coming on.

Agreed...considering I work on campus and I'm an adviser, I know that there is "talk" but it's not official. Plus like aopirose said there would have to be a vote and the NPC delegates for the current NPC groups would have to know about it.

I could totally see one new chapter coming and if they can survive then they would take on the challenge of building a new house. I just think that right now it's all pure speculation and I don't think our Greek Life Office would be so brazen as to allow a new sorority to come onto campus without a proper Panhellenic Vote and following the proper steps of expansion.

Now I have heard talk about a new fraternity coming onto campus in 2009 but I mean that's a totally different story!

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by SECMom

Frankly, I think Auburn takes the brutality-cake! Ole Miss is probably next and Alabama last, Bama has more sororities and they guarantee bids if you go to 3 prefs (or if you maximize your options......)

Don't know anything about LSU or GA, they might be worse than Auburn....of course there are so many factors that go into whether or not rush is "brutal," e.g., did the pnm effectively "cut herself" out of rush....that is a whole nother can of worms!

I think an important factor in determining whether a campus is "brutal" is by the number/percent of women released from recruitment (how many cut from all chapters NOT how many drop out). If there are a lot of women being cross-released (for seemingly "no reason", not for grades), that's a powerful argument for extension.