WaterChild's Fall 2007 Recruitment - Page 4

Dougie · #1 12-31-2007, 01:27 AM

Congrats on getting Kappa Delta. It was a good story too!

nittanyalum · #2 12-31-2007, 01:35 AM

Yay!! Thanks for finishing the story!

And congratulations on KD! They're lucky to have you! It's so funny that in my first post in this thread I pointed out how excited I was that you had "Everything but the..." as a choice and it turns out it was the code name for my own org!

Enjoy your new sisterhood.

WaterChild · #3 12-31-2007, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Yay!! Thanks for finishing the story!

And congratulations on KD! They're lucky to have you! It's so funny that in my first post in this thread I pointed out how excited I was that you had "Everything but the..." as a choice and it turns out it was the code name for my own org!

Enjoy your new sisterhood.

Oh, you're an Alpha Gam? That is funny.

nittanyalum · #4 12-31-2007, 01:37 AM

Yes

, but I went to Penn State (a loooong time ago). Where did your roommate end up?

WaterChild · #5 12-31-2007, 01:38 AM

My roommate, as well as our two suitemates, went Kappa Kappa Gamma.

nittanyalum · #6 12-31-2007, 01:39 AM

That's great that they all found a home! Thanks for sharing your story!

violetpretty · #7 12-31-2007, 01:53 AM

Belated congratulations for joining Kappa Delta!

Your story is a great example of "it only takes one". Often, PNMs get bummed about not having a full schedule or getting hung up on one chapter (myself included) that cut them that they can't see the big picture of recruitment, to join ONE chapter.

You also looked for the good in every chapter that invited you back and didn't pay much attention to reputation. Another important lesson for PNMs!

LucyKKG · #8 12-31-2007, 01:52 AM

Congratulations!

Scandia · #9 12-31-2007, 08:51 AM

Woohoo! Congratulations to you and Kappa Delta! Being cut out from houses- even if you did not care from them- can be painful. But I am positive you ended up in the right place for you.

FSUZeta · #10 12-31-2007, 10:45 AM

what a great story. thank you for sharing it with us and congratulations on kappa delta. belated welcome to the farmville four!

WaterChild · #11 01-07-2008, 02:39 AM

You're welcome to go into the cell phone issue now.

I'm not back in Moscow yet, so I had no idea that there was fresh snow, but I'm excited now!

VandalSquirrel · #12 01-25-2008, 09:10 PM

I kind of forgot I was going to come back and post, sorry SWTXBelle.

The cellphone policy is new, I checked with my sisters who came through and it was in effect in 2005 and 2006. As an individual I really don't see what the big deal is in not being connected 24/7. The women told me they were informed of the situation when they signed up for recruitment, and their parents were also given information on how to reach them. Obviously the local Panhellenic thought is was important enough to institute that policy, and there are plenty of people posting dumb things on Facebook and Myspace, which means even more is being said in person.

Plenty of fratties and other people say stupid crap about chapters, and there have been incidents of rec writers and family members showing up on campus when a woman is cut. There have even been phone calls to the Dean of Students from parents regarding placement or lack thereof, so honestly it makes sense to me. The part I find absurd is that people freak out about not having access on demand. Of course I am biased because I am capable of going to class and not text messaging during a lecture or using the intarweb to IM people (true story, the guy I sat next to in class this morning was playing some game like World of Warcraft or Second Life, WTF?). I think it is extreme, but it is in response to those who don't have any self control or the ability to not helicopter (PNMs and others).

I could see a compromise of having a designated time during the day to check voicemail and call home in a monitored situation to make sure there aren't dirty rushing issues (and trust me, I've run into plenty of PNMs in town and they need to learn discretion) or just misinformation. The internet access is easy to deal with. You cannot use wireless access without registering your computer and account with ITS, and even if women show up early Greek Life could turn in a list of PNMs and have their access turned off.

Like I said, I'm biased, and there are plenty of places in Idaho with little to no cell access and I spend plenty of time there so I can cope without being on a technological leash.

SWTXBelle · #13 01-25-2008, 09:18 PM

Speaking as a parent, as long as I KNEW I wouldn't be able to reach my baby I'd be okay. It was the idea of not knowing about it that struck me as extreme!

VandalSquirrel · #14 01-25-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Speaking as a parent, as long as I KNEW I wouldn't be able to reach my baby I'd be okay. It was the idea of not knowing about it that struck me as extreme!

This campus is HUGE on parental involvement (my parents thought it was hysterical to have welcome letters and invitations to events) and we even have a BBQ during recruitment for parents to attend with their students. If parents and students don't know, they just aren't paying attention.

VandalSquirrel · #15 01-25-2008, 09:20 PM

Separate from the cell phone issue, and pertaining to my campus, I am not a fan of how we do recruitment. Firstly I hate the term recruitment and like the term rush. Secondly I don't like having it before classes start, but that is going to be too hard to change for various reasons.

As a result of having recruitment before school, women move into chapter facilities on Bid Day. I think it is a HUGE disservice to those women (the men don't require it, and there are guys who stay in dorms or off campus), and I love love love that our neighbor Washington State University has freshmen live in residence halls for the first semester at the minimum, or for the full year. There is so much Greek/Nongreek animosity and I think not only would it help people to make friends and not be haters, but could increase inter-fraternal relations, and might increase Greek life participation through informal recruitment. It would also keep older members and leadership involved longer, as well as living in the chapter facility. Unfortunately we have too much off cheap and available campus housing (but OMG at least half is super slummy), so the new members have to move in ASAP for financial reasons. I am an outgoing person and had a lot of campus involvement so I know all kinds of people outside my chapter and the fraternities my chapter mostly associated with, but I cannot remember the amount of times I would meet someone and they wouldn't know anyone from my chapter.

But that's just me, WaterChild likely has a completely different experience.