Preston's Fall 2009 Fraternity Recruitment

[pearlbubbles]

Good luck! I love hearing about fraternity recruitment because it's so different!

[Preston327]

Well, today was a mixed bag. I hung out w/ the Val Kilmers a bit during their event, which was basically a football game on the housing lawn. Unfortunately, my involvement in it got cut short due to class but the experience was a positive one and everything I've thought about them has been reinforced here.

The same, however, cannot be said of the Tom Cruises. Their event for tonight was supposed to be a trip to a hookah bar. I was told to wait outside the Student Union for carpool at 6:45. As always, I was a bit early, arriving there at 6:30 or so. I waited until 7:30 and nobody came, despite my calling the rush chair. Disgusted, I finally resigned myself to the reality of the situation and left at 7:45. As I type this I still cannot believe they'd do that to one of their PNMs. I feel so utterly betrayed right now, words can't express the mixture of anger, disgust and disappointment. They've got one more event tomorrow I can go to but honestly I don't know if I want to at this point.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Preston327

Well, today was a mixed bag. I hung out w/ the Val Kilmers a bit during their event, which was basically a football game on the housing lawn. Unfortunately, my involvement in it got cut short due to class but the experience was a positive one and everything I've thought about them has been reinforced here.

The same, however, cannot be said of the Tom Cruises. Their event for tonight was supposed to be a trip to a hookah bar. I was told to wait outside the Student Union for carpool at 6:45. As always, I was a bit early, arriving there at 6:30 or so. I waited until 7:30 and nobody came, despite my calling the rush chair. Disgusted, I finally resigned myself to the reality of the situation and left at 7:45. As I type this I still cannot believe they'd do that to one of their PNMs. I feel so utterly betrayed right now, words can't express the mixture of anger, disgust and disappointment. They've got one more event tomorrow I can go to but honestly I don't know if I want to at this point.

Not that there is any excuse for being rude to an invited guess, but perhaps the Rush Chair was in class, a club meeting, work, etc. and not answering his phone, so other members were in charge of executing the event. Hopefully the Rush Chair will call you back, and then you can decide if you want to go tomorrow. it could be a mistake born of poor planning and disorganization, or it could be a passive aggressive way of being rude. I'd hold off on judgment until you hear (or don't hear) from the Rush Chair.

ETA: I am as to why a rush event includes smoking, it just seems odd to me. If you don't smoke do you just sit in a room full of smoke and quote Alice in Wonderland while people emulate the Caterpillar? I realize hookah is popular, but as a rush event? ehhhhhh Even more ehhhhh if this is a fraternity that promotes health and wellness as a national program.

[Preston327]

Meh, I don't know why they chose hookah as an event but apparently a lot of the GLOs did. You raise a good point though and I've calmed down a bit since my last posting. *Hopefully* I'll get a call back from the rush chair or someone in authority, but it still seems a bit :/ that with a fraternity with the largest chapter on campus, he couldn't have told at least one brother "we've got PNMs waiting for carpools at the Student Union." Ah well, not going to let one bad experience ruin the whole show.