Princeton: No Freshman Rush, Stronger Anti-Hazing Policies, Re-establish Campus Pub

[sweetmagnolia]

A) Can you even make that no-freshman-rush rule? Would NPC and IFC allow that?

B) I'm not sure if it will accomplish what they say they hope to accomplish. If affiliating with a GLO and then probably being funneled into a specific eating club happens, it happens. Waiting until sophomore year just means they will meet more people before it happens. Also, are people in GLOs complaining about feeling isolated from everyone else?

C) Won't this be like Spring semester recruitment, where you spend the first semester keeping up appearances and schmoozing? Instead you just spend a year doing it?

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by sweetmagnolia

A) Can you even make that no-freshman-rush rule? Would NPC and IFC allow that?

Bucknell University in Pennsylvania does not allow freshmen to join. Their student participation in Greek Life is over 50%.

[sweetmagnolia]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

Bucknell University in Pennsylvania does not allow freshmen to join. Their student participation in Greek Life is over 50%.

Oh, okay. I was just curious, as I have never heard of this before. That being said, I am fairly new to all of this.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by sweetmagnolia

Oh, okay. I was just curious, as I have never heard of this before. That being said, I am fairly new to all of this.

It's not a common thing. Several colleges do have 2nd semester rush (there's a thread somewhere) for freshmen. I only know of Bucknell requiring sophomore standing to participate in rush. There might be another one or two.

[sweetmagnolia]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

It's not a common thing. Several colleges do have 2nd semester rush (there's a thread somewhere) for freshmen. I only know of Bucknell requiring sophomore standing to participate in rush. There might be another one or two.

Second semester formal recruitment doesn't seem like a rare thing, from what I've read/heard. A school nearby does it, and I don't think they have much in the way of informal in the fall.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

It's not a common thing. Several colleges do have 2nd semester rush (there's a thread somewhere) for freshmen. I only know of Bucknell requiring sophomore standing to participate in rush. There might be another one or two.

To the best of my knowledge, Colgate has a sophomore-standing policy for NPC recruitment, too.

http://www.colgate.edu/offices/campu...cruitment.html

[GammaPhi88]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

It's not a common thing. Several colleges do have 2nd semester rush (there's a thread somewhere) for freshmen. I only know of Bucknell requiring sophomore standing to participate in rush. There might be another one or two.

I believe Lafayette and Dickinson do so as well.