University of Texas Recruitment 2014

[pinapple]

I am tired and cranky so I am going out on a limb that may very well break beneath me. I am in complete agreement with AZTheta. I also want to address a few other posts.

I don't know which groups these are (for all I know it could be my own) but my first guess would be that the UT alumnae are in some way more powerful that the national organization. If they weren't the national organization would have stopped it by now.

The local alumnae are VERY strong, their pockets are VERY deep and they would rather die over this tradition than
give it up. UT Panhellenic even passed a rule that basically said a PNMs feet must be on the floor at all times to keep this from happening. Here is the news flash. the chapter does not care, they pay the fine and they move on With that said, they also don't care that they are highly disliked in the UT Greek Community. People make fun of them. People mock them. (Think girls jumping up and down on Halloween because they are going as ABCs) IMO it is the most embarrassing part of UT recruitment. This chapter passes up so many quality girls over this agenda. Their membership selection is almost incestuous from the outside looking in. If Texas Monthly would garner the balls to write another article on UT recruitment the painted picture would look much different. This chapter would go down as entitled women, nice cars, Amex black in their Birkins, below average on the intelligence scale, who are doing their best to get their MRS degrees while keeping daddy wrapped around their Yurman embellished fingers. <rant over>

[snowflakemom]

Originally Posted by pinapple

The local alumnae are VERY strong, their pockets are VERY deep and they would rather die over this tradition than
give it up. UT Panhellenic even passed a rule that basically said a PNMs feet must be on the floor at all times to keep this from happening. Here is the news flash. the chapter does not care, they pay the fine and they move on With that said, they also don't care that they are highly disliked in the UT Greek Community. People make fun of them. People mock them. (Think girls jumping up and down on Halloween because they are going as ABCs) IMO it is the most embarrassing part of UT recruitment. This chapter passes up so many quality girls over this agenda. Their membership selection is almost incestuous from the outside looking in. If Texas Monthly would garner the balls to write another article on UT recruitment the painted picture would look much different. This chapter would go down as entitled women, nice cars, Amex black in their Birkins, below average on the intelligence scale, who are doing their best to get their MRS degrees while keeping daddy wrapped around their Yurman embellished fingers. <rant over>

If this is true (and I have no reason to believe otherwise), then they are digging their own grave. The population of the US is changing and will continue to change. This may have worked for them for the past 50 or more years but it won't work for the next 50. They will eventually become a niche group by not being inclusive. In some ways, from what you and others have said, they already are a niche group. I doubt they are the strongest recruiting chapter at UT and they probably don't care. I do agree with AZTheta though--manners never go out of style.