Which Greek system would you want to join?

[DubaiSis]

First, mass on Sunday is not a holy day of obligation and that would be the only comparison to scheduling an event over the high holidays. It would never ever ever happen that rush would be scheduled over Easter, even Good Friday. But we can get into an argument about how the US does not really have freedom of religion another time.

As far as different Greek systems, I think I'd like to see what it's like at one of the Southern California or Arizona schools. They just seem so non-traditional in completely traditional clothing. Make sense? Since I didn't get all freaked out through most of rush in the Big 10, I am guessing I would have been as oblivious through an SEC rush. I'd love to observe an SEC rush, but don't really have interest in most of the pomp and circumstance of how I perceive the day to day life of a sorority girl there. Of course, that's only perception, but that's what this is all about!

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

First, mass on Sunday is not a holy day of obligation

I did not say it was. I stated them as two separate events. And I'm neither Catholic (any longer) not Jewish. So I don't have a dog in that fight but I did wonder why she singled that one event out. And I think it's a fair question. What do Catholic schools do about recruitment on Sundays? I don't know but would be interested in the information.

And it could fall on a Holy Day of Obligation. For instance, August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption and January 6 (deferred recruitment folks) is Epiphany/Twelth Night.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

First, mass on Sunday is not a holy day of obligation

Sunday Mass is obligatory. It isn't called a holy day of obligation, because that would be redundant. (For example, Easter is not a HDO because it falls on a Sunday, which is always obligatory.) Some other HDOs (like Epiphany) are typically transferred to the nearest Sunday.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

No way! Let's go with "dinner with my cool older sisters."

And this is why Gusteau is so wonderfully awesome, and delightful. The non-shirt-wearing statement about UofA men is true, btw.

Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

LOL, Honey, I'm sure you would have been just fine in the SEC. I bet during your rush at Pitt they didn't know WHAT to make of you! (who is this girl with the nice manners and recs? What is a rec, anyway???)

I am willing to bet that honeychile left Pitt a much prettier, kinder, gentler place than it was when she entered.

As for the theme of this thread: I'd like to have experienced a Greek system in a place like Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, or Arkansas. Never been to any of those states. The entire Midwestern culture is very intriguing to me. OK so maybe Missouri and Arkansas aren't midwestern... but, they are kinda flat and in the middle of the country, so in my world, that equals midwest. It would be very different for this California-raised Zonie. A whole other world out there.

[AGDAlum]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

. The entire Midwestern culture is very intriguing to me. OK so maybe Missouri and Arkansas aren't midwestern... but, they are kinda flat and in the middle of the country, so in my world, that equals midwest. It would be very different for this California-raised Zonie. A whole other world out there.

Missouri is not flat. (See: Ozarks.)
In contrast, Illinois IS flat.
The Red River Valley of North Dakota/Minnesota IS flat.

I have lived in all of those places and I know whereof I speak.

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

The entire Midwestern culture is very intriguing to me. OK so maybe Missouri and Arkansas aren't midwestern... but, they are kinda flat and in the middle of the country, so in my world, that equals midwest. It would be very different for this California-raised Zonie. A whole other world out there.

Originally Posted by AGDAlum

Missouri is not flat. (See: Ozarks.)
In contrast, Illinois IS flat.
The Red River Valley of North Dakota/Minnesota IS flat.

I have lived in all of those places and I know whereof I speak.

Being from the Ozark Mountains of southern Missouri, I will concur. Also, only the Mississippi Delta-area of Arkansas is flat. Western Arkansas is part of the Ozark Mountain Range with the Boston & Oauchita Mountains.

Now that I have concluded my geography lesson, I will join in the real discussion.

Although going to an SEC/Big 12/Big 10(really 14) school would be fun, I think I would prefer a smaller-ish school that has a very active Greek Life. Grand Valley in Michigan, Eastern Illinois, etc. They are still pretty big schools with pretty active Greek systems. Private schools with great Greek systems, I would pick Wabash College, Bucknell, or Lehigh.