USC Lawsuit

[ASTalumna06]

I come from a school that only used COB (at the time) and had deferred recruitment. I don't think I would have ever joined a sorority if I went to a large school with formal recruitment being held shortly after school started (or just before), as I knew nothing about Greek life going into college and didn't even consider it until my sophomore year. That's me. Others were prepped almost from birth and had applications and recs in order 9 months in advance of college and loved the experience of a huge formal recruitment and understood the time commitment from the start. That's not really the issue here.

Regardless of whether or not we're organizations that people join for a lifetime, and regardless of how much it might make sense academically to have students wait a semester before joining, the fact of the matter is that the school is restricting membership for first-semester freshmen only for Greek organizations. Why are they being singled out?

And don't try and argue that the school is thinking, "Young people make a lifetime commitment to these organizations. We have to be sure they're ready for that." That's not their motivation, so let's not pretend like it is.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

And don't try and argue that the school is thinking, "Young people make a lifetime commitment to these organizations. We have to be sure they're ready for that." That's not their motivation, so let's not pretend like it is.

And by the same token, let’s not pretend that when Greek orgs squawk about first amendment rights or “it helps freshmen grades” or “we can give freshmen a support system” that the main thing they’re sad about is not providing those services. It’s all about the Benjamins baby. They have a house to fill and believe freshmen are better because they will pay 4 years’ dues instead of 3 years (note: this only works if they actually stay active all 4 years).

And re carnation’s comment- if I make friends with someone and sleep over at their house, how on earth is that “cheating”? It’s part of building a friendship. We can pretend all we want that pre-freshman rush keeps things “fair” but we all know that isn’t the case. We might all be better off and have a lot less disappointed rushees (male and female) if we stopped kidding ourselves.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

And by the same token, let’s not pretend that when Greek orgs squawk about first amendment rights or “it helps freshmen grades” or “we can give freshmen a support system” that the main thing they’re sad about is not providing those services. It’s all about the Benjamins baby. They have a house to fill and believe freshmen are better because they will pay 4 years’ dues instead of 3 years (note: this only works if they actually stay active all 4 years).

Also accurate, especially for those chapters that have a house to fill and pay for.