Party with no girls

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I mean, only one suggested objectification of women.

IFC asks for a name for the party when it being registered. They don't allow "gangster" parties...for the objectification reasons...even though "gangster" really doesn't necessarily any specific type of person. I'm pretty sure there was alot of Italian gangsters for those parties. But most people get around that sort of thing by simply naming it something else on the application sheet.

A theme isn't required for a party...really. But it's just standard fare at the University of Arkansas. The only parties that aren't themed are just hall parties that the University doesn't know about.

The fact that IFC (pressure from University Administration?) requires a theme is what is interesting to me as they are adding something extra beyond registration and saying "hey we're having a party." If people are naming it something else on the sheet then it seems pointless to require a theme or have rules about it. Granted even without an unimaginative title the same costumes will be worn, so it seems so extra for something that is ineffective as prevention.

Not that anyone can keep anything secret as someone always posts it on Facebook these days.

ETA: I'm owning my righteous indignation against crappy themes since I never participated in them. I will admit going to one fraternity party that had a sex/lingerie theme as a friend invited me and I was going to say hello and then meet my boyfriend. It was cold outside and I had on jeans, boots, and a North Face fleece, and the party pics were hysterical as a few women from another chapter were dressed similarly and the other women in the photos appeared to have come straight from a Frederick's of Hollywood catalog shoot. There were police calls that night about prostitutes and strippers walking the streets from concerned town residents. I also would like to point out the contradiction of the poster asking for themes as he made a point of saying in a Greek Life forum thread men in The South treated women as Southern Belles and no Southern Gentleman I have ever met or associated with would ask me to a party or throw one where I had to dress like a prostitute. Granted these men have interacted with me outside of The South for the most part, but my Idaho boys think it is distasteful as well as they have mothers and sisters they respect.

I digress but as I've mentioned before I've gone to parties with themes that are executed well, so I'm not against themes, just against crappy overplayed themes (says the woman who made an oven out of a cardboard box and went to an Authors party as Sylvia Plath and her date was Sherman Alexie).

[minDyG]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

(says the woman who made an oven out of a cardboard box and went to an Authors party as Sylvia Plath and her date was Sherman Alexie).

BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA! Hil-ar-ious!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by minDyG

BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA! Hil-ar-ious!

There were enough guys there as Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson they could have had a sports team...

[FSUZeta]

vandalsquirrel, i hope that you were the social chair of your chapter!!

croakies, could you host a party at wings and things-i believe it is a national chain-or at a local place where wings, beer and billiards, foosball, etc. could be provided?

i would think that rushees would feel uncomfortable with having to wear a costume to their very first fraternity rush party. of course, if only the bros. and the gdi hoes are wearing costumes, then the rushees will be easy to spot!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Croakies n Bows

I must say i have not thought about this. I was just told to think of ideas, but this did not cross my mind, and its true, what guy really wants to do anything special (besides show up) with a bunch of guys that they dont really know, especially if there are no girls there. but i think we are just going with something like a cookout or poker and beer pong.

Yeah, "themes" at Rush parties are really a sorority thing. I've always admired fraternity rush as I imagine it is something like this:

Fraternity member: Hey there, I'm Mike, welcome to XYZ.
Rushee: Hi Mike, I'm Rob.
FM: We're grilling some food over there, drinks are in the cooler, help yourself to the chips and cookies too, Our cook is great and our moms and sweetheart bring us baked stuff all year. We're going to play some (horseshoes, volleyball, frisbee, lacrosse, whatever) later, and then tonight a band starts at 7.
R: Great, thanks.
FM: Hey Chris, let me introduce you to Rob. Rob this is my little bro Chris.

I'm surprised you can have beer at rush and play beer pong.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Yeah, "themes" at Rush parties are really a sorority thing. I've always admired fraternity rush as I imagine it is something like this:

Fraternity member: Hey there, I'm Mike, welcome to XYZ.
Rushee: Hi Mike, I'm Rob.
FM: We're grilling some food over there, drinks are in the cooler, help yourself to the chips and cookies too, Our cook is great and our moms and sweetheart bring us baked stuff all year. We're going to play some (horseshoes, volleyball, frisbee, lacrosse, whatever) later, and then tonight a band starts at 7.
R: Great, thanks.
FM: Hey Chris, let me introduce you to Rob. Rob this is my little bro Chris.

I'm surprised you can have beer at rush and play beer pong.

It's against most national's policies. Fraternity rush, at least at my school is like what you imagined. However at a lot of schools, or even different orgs at the same school, have been known to do nothing but rush parties, though they normally have a very simple theme that the attendees don't have to do anything for.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Yeah, "themes" at Rush parties are really a sorority thing. I've always admired fraternity rush as I imagine it is something like this:

Fraternity member: Hey there, I'm Mike, welcome to XYZ.
Rushee: Hi Mike, I'm Rob.
FM: We're grilling some food over there, drinks are in the cooler, help yourself to the chips and cookies too, Our cook is great and our moms and sweetheart bring us baked stuff all year. We're going to play some (horseshoes, volleyball, frisbee, lacrosse, whatever) later, and then tonight a band starts at 7.
R: Great, thanks.
FM: Hey Chris, let me introduce you to Rob. Rob this is my little bro Chris.

I'm surprised you can have beer at rush and play beer pong.

Pretty much sums it up. That's why I think Fraternity Recruitment stories would be boring; the general thought process usually doesn't consist of more than "These guys are cool, I think I could hang out with them."

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I'm surprised you can have beer at rush and play beer pong.

I know at my school, there's never alcohol at the rush events during the week. The only events with alcohol are unofficial summer rush events and the 2 joint parties on the weekends of rush (and for those, there's no mention on advertisements and everyone signs a waver before they enter the party).

Senusret I (I think I spelled that right) had an interesting NPHC rush story.. but I'm sure his is the most interesting as it gets.

Every other story would just be recounting the nights going out until the bid is received.. and then going out some more until first rite of passage.