Biggest Rush Mistakes at any institution

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

For rush, I'm in complete agreement with you.

But I don't think that the general undergraduate usage of the term is a test in that way. I think it might be a case of members of a group using a term to take ownership of it and diminish it's harm, but more than anything, I think they just find it amusing.

I'm not sure I understand this. Is this in context to someone rushing? For sake of discussion, I am going to address it as such.

IFC rush is not always formal. It can be one on one, it can be causal, and it can be covert. An incoming freshman might be "watched" (for lack of a better word) over the spring and summer (before being invited to a summer rush event perhaps) to see if he is XYZ material. His running around with a group that might find it amusing to use certain language might be an issue.

It's just like referring to yourself or someone or something you know as being "fratty." You aren't seriously that person, at least I hope not, but it's amusing to pretend to embrace it.

It's kind of a self-parody to distance yourself from the stereotype.

I might have misunderstood this ^^^ but if you are pretending to embrace it, then that (one would hope) is self-parody. As such, you wouldn't try to distance yourself from that stereotype.

Regardless, it might be amusing to some. But why act like a buffoon if you are trying to pledge a fraternity. Unless it is the clown chapter, it makes no sense.

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

But again, it just goes back to my point that I don't think a listener can accurately deduce based on the use of the word "sorostitute" alone what someone thinks about women. And one should probably be really careful during recruitment for that reason.

Perhaps. But how and when someone elects to use it can be an indicator about the person's character.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I'm not sure I understand this. Is this in context to someone rushing? For sake of discussion, I am going to address it as such.

IFC rush is not always formal. It can be one on one, it can be causal, and it can be covert. An incoming freshman might be "watched" (for lack of a better word) over the spring and summer (before being invited to a summer rush event perhaps) to see if he is XYZ material. His running around with a group that might find it amusing to use certain language might be an issue.



I might have misunderstood this ^^^ but if you are pretending to embrace it, then that (one would hope) is self-parody. As such, you wouldn't try to distance yourself from that stereotype.

Regardless, it might be amusing to some. But why act like a buffoon if you are trying to pledge a fraternity. Unless it is the clown chapter, it makes no sense.

Perhaps. But how and when someone elects to use it can be an indicator about the person's character.

In the context of rushing use of the term might be a test. In almost any other situation, I think the terms is just a joke when it's used by Greeks.

The whole currying favor argument that someone else was making to explain why girls use it, to me, kind of falls apart in the face of the number of girls who are using it even when no guys are around.

It's a joke to them too.

I think the term will just die out when the novelty has completely worn off, which may take a while since a new group of kids gets to campus every year.