Consequences for Recruitment Infractions

[StargazerLily]

So how do you control multiple offenses time and time again? This one chapter does anything and everything they can without any regards to panhellenic spirit. They act like some fraternities - pledge as many as they can and let the ones they dont want will weed themselves out - after all, the other sororities cant have dibs on the "sloppy seconds" until next year anyway.

It's to the point that the other chapters on campus think they have to play dirty in order to play with the big dogs, and it shouldnt be like that. The other chapters shouldnt have to be planning what sneaky things they can do next year to doublecross the bully chapter.

I mean - can you prevent that org from being present at the freshman orientations over the summer? (i like that idea, but I dont know how well over it would go..) or force them to take members who commit individual infractions off the floor for a certain night of recruitment - or something. Seriously, there's got to be more that just a monetary fine and no participation in greek week. Greek Week isnt as big on our campus as it is on others....it's kind of a joke in my opinion, but that's just me....

[33girl]

Originally Posted by StargazerLily

I mean - can you prevent that org from being present at the freshman orientations over the summer? (i like that idea, but I dont know how well over it would go..) or force them to take members who commit individual infractions off the floor for a certain night of recruitment - or something.

These are both fabulous ideas. This often is a certain few key members who do it, and to take them off the floor for pref would really make a dent.

FSUZeta - if the chapter total is set artificially high then it could be that even if there's quota it's a moot point - no one is ever at total and formal rush doesn't attract enough women to get them there. All the HQs see is that the groups are under total (never mind total has been the same since 1982) and they get penalized for it and will do anything to remedy the situation. Voila - dirty rushing out the ying yang.

[StargazerLily]

Yeah....quota/total isnt even an issue at this point If you were to force that chapter to stick to quota, they would just convince PNMs to drop out of recruitment so they could pick them up as COBs and not be bound to a bid card with other sororities ranked on it....and they would be able to take them all....

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by StargazerLily

Yeah....quota/total isnt even an issue at this point If you were to force that chapter to stick to quota, they would just convince PNMs to drop out of recruitment so they could pick them up as COBs and not be bound to a bid card with other sororities ranked on it....and they would be able to take them all....

That's how the dirty-rushing chapter at my alma mater did it. Or alternately, they told the PNMs to suicide that group, and not to worry about not getting bids during Formal Recruitment - because of the "stupid rules," they "didn't have room for everyone," but would pick up the rest during COB the next week. And they did, every time. And none of the PNMs who they persuaded to drop out of Formal Recruitment or suicide this chapter and then COB would ever rat them out because the next thing you knew they were NMs of that chapter.

Campus total was twice the size of the largest chapter on campus, them. We tried my last year as an active to lower total to make them stop, but it got voted down. So frustrating!