Infraction stories

[Psi U MC Vito]

last question and I will return to my lane lol. For the silence rules I assume there would be exceptions for things like siblings and room/suitemates right?

[SWTXBelle]

In my experience - no, exceptions are not made. You wouldn't talk to your sister going through rush, and if you lived with a pnm you would have to move out for recruitment.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

last question and I will return to my lane lol. For the silence rules I assume there would be exceptions for things like siblings and room/suitemates right?

If your roommate was just non-greek and not a PNM then you were fine. We primarily had freshmen at recruitment and so I never saw what happened if you were in a sorority and your roommate was going through recruitment. But, for example, the Pi Chis would have to move out of the greek floor or essentially hide in their rooms if it was an apartment before school even started.

If you had a sibling you did not talk in public, at all. You were expected to watch what you said in private as well. However the only time I recall the older sister was a Pi Chi so it was a whole other set of rules and frustrations.

[carnation]

I'm sure I've told this before on GC but when I was asst Panhellenic director at MS State, several RCs and I were policing (felt like it anyway) the pref parties, which were held at alums' homes. I walked down the hall to to the restroom...the light was out and the door was cracked. When I opened the door and flipped on the light, there was a rushee sitting on the closed toilet--surrounded by members. It scared me, I screamed, they screamed, and no, I don't remember how we dealt with it anymore!

If you're going to hotbox a PNM, don't do it in the bathroom.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

last question and I will return to my lane lol. For the silence rules I assume there would be exceptions for things like siblings and room/suitemates right?

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

In my experience - no, exceptions are not made. You wouldn't talk to your sister going through rush, and if you lived with a pnm you would have to move out for recruitment.

Our rush signups happened way after room signups/assignments/lease signings, so you really couldn't be forced to move out. How could you make someone paying for an off campus apartment do anything?? You could talk to them about things like "where is my shampoo?" but not about rush. For the silence btwn the end of pref and bid day, though, the sorority roomie usually went and stayed somewhere else.

I also just want to state for the umpteenth time that any school who has deferred rush and is preventing sorority members from interacting with freshmen or any non-sorority women is missing the whole damn point.

[aephi alum]

I have two lovely "infraction accusation" stories from my days as an active. Neither involved my chapter.

There was a particular chapter that would use glitter sprinkled on the floor as part of their decorations during the first round of recruitment (which was held in the student center). During that round, PNMs sat on the floor and watched a skit. Inevitably, glitter would cling to the PNMs' shorts, legs, and the soles of their shoes, and would get tracked out into the student center halls. Invariably, some other chapter tried to stick them with a violation for allowing their PNMs to take objects (i.e. said glitter) out of the rush room. Panhel had to hear the charge every year, but it was always found in favor of the "glitter chapter" - it's just glitter, for crying out loud. (The sisters did vacuum the room and the immediate surroundings thoroughly after the parties were over for the day.)

We also had a work week, before the start of recruitment, during which wearing or displaying letters was strictly verboten. One year, during that week, a sister of ABC from my school saw someone out jogging in an XYZ shirt. So ABC brought XYZ up on charges. Of course, there are a LOT of colleges and universities in the Boston/Cambridge area, and many of them have greek systems, and old recruitment/party/event shirts make great workout clothes... you see where this is going - the XYZ in question was from a different school. The charges were dropped.

[chickenoodle]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Period of time where sorority members MAY NOT be in contact with ANY PNM.

Length varies by campus.

Example: Silence for us lasted from the time the PXs disaffiliated to midnight after Bid Day.

I'm confused. If Bid Day is Saturday, silence ended Sunday at midnight? How did that work?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by chickenoodle

I'm confused. If Bid Day is Saturday, silence ended Sunday at midnight? How did that work?

Ugh. I actually meant the midnight of Bid Night.

Ex: if Bid Night is Sunday night, silence is over as of midnight Monday AM.

[chickenoodle]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Ugh. I actually meant the midnight of Bid Night.

Ex: if Bid Night is Sunday night, silence is over as of midnight Monday AM.

I guess that makes more sense. I was like, but... they have new members... that would be a very awkward party...

Thanks for helping me understand it better.

[jennyj87]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

There was a particular chapter that would use glitter sprinkled on the floor as part of their decorations during the first round of recruitment
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Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies-demitri martin.