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

[XOcarnation]

I go to Stanford, and we have extremely deferred recruitment. We are one of the few privates on the quarter system, and our rush is at the beginning of spring quarter (first weeks of April). The advantage is that you establish yourself at the university before beginning Greek life. Also I think rush numbers are higher, just because people aren't as worried about whether they will be able to balance academics with Greek life, since they already know what is demanded of them, academically. The down side is that dirty rushing is more prevalent, since GLOs have essentially a whole year to scout out the frosh class. Also tent talk is a huge problem. Since the freshman have been around for so long, they know all the reputations of the different institutions. It leads to a lot of girls going through rush thinking "I want to be a _____ or a ________, and if I don't get it, I will drop out." And a lot of girls do end up dropping out of recruitment, which is sad.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by XOcarnation

Since the freshman have been around for so long, they know all the reputations of the different institutions. It leads to a lot of girls going through rush thinking "I want to be a _____ or a ________, and if I don't get it, I will drop out." And a lot of girls do end up dropping out of recruitment, which is sad.

I bet they have stellar retention rates, though. No one gets halfway into their pledge period and suddenly learns that they joined the nerd/fat/party/athletic house by mistake.

[VandalSquirrel]

I think second semester/spring rush could be fine as people are through an academic period and also are living in their residential colleges during rush and pledging/new member period. If hazing is a concern people aren't living in a chapter facility or with members so there are people who may notice problems. Wasn't that suggested a few years ago, moving it to second semester freshman year?

if I read right, bicker is the second half of the sophomore year. How busy and chaotic could it be to rush in the fall, bicker in the spring, and then go on a junior year abroad, then come back to be a senior who has been away from their chapter and is now finishing up school so they may be in a studio or lab, doing a practicum or internship, or just check out because they are seniors.

Found what I was looking for, articles about moving rush, hazing, and other Greek stuff.

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/04/26/25997/
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/04/27/26010/
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/04/28/26022/
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/04/29/26048/
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/04/30/26063/

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/04/28/26019/