Infraction stories

[KSUViolet06]

Most common infractions were for chalking violations. Yes, chalk.

Before recruitment, chapters were assigned an area to chalk "Go Greek" in.

There were quite a few rules about it though: You could chalk "XYZ says Go Greek" but "Go Greek" had to be BIGGER than your letters/chapter spelled out. If it wasn't, you were going to be warned to fix it or get an infraction. That happened before to many chapters. We always fixed it if warned (because no one wanted to be the one to cause us to get an infraction).

Also, chapters could make their own "XYZ says "Go Greek" fliers to put up in buildings, but the same rules applied. They had to promote Panhellenic as a whole, not your chapter. That was a big rule too.

Our Panhellenic was also big on preventing bid promising. You had to be careful not to say "see you tomorrow!" at the end of a party because PNMs could misinterpret that as "I'm going to get an invite back or a bid here!"

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Our Panhellenic was also big on preventing bid promising. You had to be careful not to say "see you tomorrow!" at the end of a party because PNMs could misinterpret that as "I'm going to get an invite back or a bid here!"

Ahhh, yes, that's a big one. There were such specific things you could/could not say. For example, I believe it was that you COULD say "I hope I see you tomorrow", because technically you could hope that you run into them in class, out, etc. But you cannot speak on behalf of the chapter and say "We hope you see you tomorrow" because it sounds like they will be invited back. (Mind you I can't remember if those were the EXACT rules, but it was something like that).

So I always just said it was nice meeting you/have a great day/good luck with recruitment.

[MandyPepperidge]

I will preface this by saying we didn't get an infraction for this, but we could have.

Just before the first round of recruitment started and we were all lined up to begin our chants, the doorbell rang. A poorly timed flower delivery arrived about thirty seconds before the beginning of rush. One of our girls had to shimmy out, sign for the dang things, and hustle back in -- all while the PNMs were standing outside.

I still laugh when I think about how bewildered the guy was as we were all trying to shoo him out of the way!

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

Ahhh, yes, that's a big one. There were such specific things you could/could not say. For example, I believe it was that you COULD say "I hope I see you tomorrow", because technically you could hope that you run into them in class, out, etc. But you cannot speak on behalf of the chapter and say "We hope you see you tomorrow" because it sounds like they will be invited back. (Mind you I can't remember if those were the EXACT rules, but it was something like that).

So I always just said it was nice meeting you/have a great day/good luck with recruitment.

These were the exact rules as I remember them, for us. You could say "I", but never "we."

[merba661]

I think there are some pretty crazy recruitment rules. There is one in particular I find a little silly, I've never heard of anyone actually getting an infraction for it though.

We go outside the house to pick up the PNMs, and we can go all the way to the end of the sidewalk leading to the house, but if we as much as put a toe over the line and onto the public sidewalk that lines the street, that's an infraction. Usually the PNMs will come to us, but sometimes they're a little more shy and it's just awkward waiting there.