Indiana University 2014 Recruitment

[TAMUAlphaPhi]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Was a weather delay really completely out of the realm of consideration? This is INDIANA, the upper Midwest, in January.

And no offense to IU grads and fans, but why is it so much more important for you to cut for grades than every other NPC system? Too many PNMs? Talk to your friends at Alabama.

As for not wanting a system where members can't live in house the entire time, we don't always get what we want. Ask the hundreds of PNMs who don't have a chance to live in EVER because they are denied membership. Every other housed NPC system makes this work. You will adjust.

Generally I am a proponent of self-governance, but IU is out of control.

I've been following this discussion all day -- and thinking this ^^^. Thank you for clearly expressing my jumbled thoughts!

To the moms of IU's PNMs: As a mom who barely survived watching her daughter navigate an SEC recruitment that held few disappointments / surprises last fall, my heart goes out to you. I'm not sure how you ladies are managing to hold it together. Any recruitment is difficult; this one seems barbaric. I wish the best for you and your daughters.

[cinder1965]

Originally Posted by TAMUAlphaPhi

I've been following this discussion all day -- and thinking this ^^^. Thank you for clearly expressing my jumbled thoughts!

To the moms of IU's PNMs: As a mom who barely survived watching her daughter navigate an SEC recruitment that held few disappointments / surprises last fall, my heart goes out to you. I'm not sure how you ladies are managing to hold it together. Any recruitment is difficult; this one seems barbaric. I wish the best for you and your daughters.

I posted this earlier, but my step daughter went through IU rush last year and she ended up happy with a house she wanted. I am not even her mother and I barely survived this with her....it is barbaric. Believe me, when I got that text on bid day from "I GOT IT", I was crying for her out of relief. I had told her dad we needed to be ready to jump in the car that evening to see her if I didn't get that text. My heart goes out to the moms as well. I know your daughters will fine in the end, they will survive whatever the result is, but it is truly agonizing to watch them go through this....