2011 recruitment bits and pieces - Page 9

VandalSquirrel · #1 08-26-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

My family is just tiny and so we have to know our cousins be it 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc.

Things would confuse other people when I mentioned my family (my dad's side is just me & sister for the most part) as we have cross generational bonding due to age. My great aunt & great uncle are only a couple years older than my mom so I usually never use great and say aunt & uncle. My mom was the oldest of 7, but I came along later, so my 1st cousins' kids I am closer to in age. That's the same generational placement that makes my second cousin old enough to be my dad, but my first cousin once removed my age peer.

Before I moved away from the big city and met people who had rural backgrounds, or were Mormons, I was pretty much the only kid who knew those degrees and removals of their family. My dad's family threw that way off though as my grandparents married and had him late, and he had me later in life, but weren't farmers. When one has 10 or so kids the first born is usually having their first born when their last sibling is being born. It ended up that my maternal great grandmother was a year or two younger than my paternal grandmother, which further became skewed as she got married at 14 to my 27 year old maternal great grandfather.

Also way creepy thing (but normal at the time and still in some world cultures) I found in my background: my father's mother's grandfather married a woman who died with no offspring, so he married her sister. So my great great great aunt and grandmother are crossed on my family tree.

Low C Sharp · #2 08-26-2011, 09:52 PM

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Why don't you tell us what the Greeks should do when the DI publishes an editorial filled with untrue and nasty depictions?

I can only tell you what I would want my organizations to do, which might be some or all of the following:

1. Roll our eyes, talk about what an idiot the author is, and remember that our organization is going to continue strong decades after this smarmy freshman journalist graduates and the newspaper piece is forgotten. In other words, sticks and stones.
2. Demand that the paper print a retraction.
3. Write letters to the editor and/or op-eds correcting all the nasty lies.
4. March outside the newspaper offices at a busy time with signs condemning their poor work.
5. Pass out flyers and put up posters around campus setting the record straight.
6. Go to a rival publication or campus radio/TV station to set the record straight.

But deliberately try to bankrupt the newspaper? No. I love my university, and it needs a daily student newspaper, just as it needs a football team, an orchestra, and a student government. Student newspapers' eternally rotating leadership will inevitably make some stupid decisions. Going for the corporate death penalty when it happens would be killing a flea with a bazooka. It makes me look silly, and I could end up hurting innocent bystanders.

nittanygirl · #3 08-27-2011, 09:21 AM

Cousin at EKU enjoyed the first night!
*fingers crossed for her to have a successful recruitment*

scrapinfificat · #4 08-27-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanygirl

Cousin at EKU enjoyed the first night!
*fingers crossed for her to have a successful recruitment*

Keep us posted. I would love to read her recruitment story.

DubaiSis · #5 08-27-2011, 09:48 AM

that whole family/cousins thing has always been confusing to our family because my grandfather and his brother married two sisters. So my Dad has cousins from both sides of the family at once! ... now, go back and read carefully. My grandfather didn't marry his sister... people always seem to get that twisted.

nittanygirl · #6 08-30-2011, 05:24 PM

My cousin at Eastern KY is a new member of

KAPPA ALPHA THETA!!!!

She is so excited. Theta was her favorite throughout recruitment.
I'm so happy for you and all you Thetas have gained another awesome sister!

scrapinfificat · #7 08-30-2011, 05:46 PM

nittanygirl ~ congratulations to your cousin & to Theta @ EKU!

TSteven · #8 08-30-2011, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanygirl

My cousin at Eastern KY is a new member of

KAPPA ALPHA THETA!!!!

She is so excited. Theta was her favorite throughout recruitment.
I'm so happy for you and all you Thetas have gained another awesome sister!

That's ThetaPrincess24's chapter!

nittanygirl · #9 08-30-2011, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by TSteven

That's ThetaPrincess24's chapter!

I didn't know that! That's awesome to hear!

sigmaK619 · #10 08-31-2011, 09:06 PM

I usually just lurk around here and don't post, but I thought this story from the SK field consultant at Washington State was so touching I just had to share!

http://sklconsultants.wordpress.com/...a-sigma-kappa/

SigKapSweetie · #11 08-31-2011, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sigmaK619

I usually just lurk around here and don't post, but I thought this story from the SK field consultant at Washington State was so touching I just had to share!

http://sklconsultants.wordpress.com/...a-sigma-kappa/

I teared up a little when I read this. What a wonderful story! And I'll say it again - I love quota additions!

lemony · #12 08-30-2011, 07:03 PM

Love reading this thread! Just a little bit/piece from the West Coast--I've been poking around Facebook and have noticed quite a few seniors in the Facebook group for our university's recruitment this year (they are invited to join the group and write on the wall with questions, etc. after they register online). At our university it's common for sophomores and even juniors to rush (chapters either have a separate quota for juniors or juniors aren't counted in quota, not 100% sure), but it's not as common for seniors to rush. This year I know our house had one senior in our fall pledge class and a couple of other houses pledged 1 or 2 seniors each, but by the looks of this Facebook group, it looks like there are at least 10-15 seniors going through recruitment this year. Just a curiosity--has anyone else noticed a spike in seniors going through recruitment at their schools?

IndianaSigKap · #13 08-30-2011, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lemony

Love reading this thread! Just a little bit/piece from the West Coast--I've been poking around Facebook and have noticed quite a few seniors in the Facebook group for our university's recruitment this year (they are invited to join the group and write on the wall with questions, etc. after they register online). At our university it's common for sophomores and even juniors to rush (chapters either have a separate quota for juniors or juniors aren't counted in quota, not 100% sure), but it's not as common for seniors to rush. This year I know our house had one senior in our fall pledge class and a couple of other houses pledged 1 or 2 seniors each, but by the looks of this Facebook group, it looks like there are at least 10-15 seniors going through recruitment this year. Just a curiosity--has anyone else noticed a spike in seniors going through recruitment at their schools?

I think you're seeing the increase in seniors interested in recruitment due to the economy. Students aren't hurrying to finish a degree in four years so they can enter the job market. Often students are staying in school 5 years or longer to add minors or changing majors to something more economically friendly. In our area, many education majors are staying in longer to pick up different/additional certification areas in hopes of being more marketable. Business majors are picking up foreign languages to make them more marketable internationally, etc.

crosscaravan · #14 08-31-2011, 11:38 PM

Now that an appropriate amount of time has passed...

I lovelovelove this year's pledge class for my chapter. <3 it's a little smaller than some girls were hoping for, but we have a lot of really strong, dedicated girls this year and I think it's going to work out great!!

Plus, I'm super-happy - I hadn't gotten the chance to meet one of the new girls in recruitment, but I got to show her around today after our bid day pictures and we clicked immediately and eeee, I'm just all-around happy. This is going to be an awesome, awesome semester.

barbino · #15 09-02-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by crosscaravan

Now that an appropriate amount of time has passed...

I lovelovelove this year's pledge class for my chapter. <3 it's a little smaller than some girls were hoping for, but we have a lot of really strong, dedicated girls this year and I think it's going to work out great!!

Plus, I'm super-happy - I hadn't gotten the chance to meet one of the new girls in recruitment, but I got to show her around today after our bid day pictures and we clicked immediately and eeee, I'm just all-around happy. This is going to be an awesome, awesome semester.

I told you that you were going to love it! I like the stories about your retail job, too -- too, too funny!