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Redesign of rush
FuzzieAlum, I'm a strong advocate of that system, mainly because that's how rush has always worked at NYU, with very successful results. Girls begin rush with "Round Robin" where there is a tour of all the sororities on campus, an overview of what each organization stands for, and a brief introduction to all the sisters. After that, it's up to the individual. A sorority's "personality" shines through in the widely varied array of rush events.---in fact, the student usually knows right away just from reading the event flyers what each sorority is about. Plus, orgs have no restrictions on numbers of new members. There have rarely been any huge gaps between members from one org to the next, and when there is one sorority with a small pledge class one semester, the next it will shoot up. This is a GREAT system because you know that the girls who return to your events are truly interested in joining, and every org ends up getting the best girls for their house. Alas, this year it's different. With a new national org colonizing(making a total of 3 NPC orgs), our campus is now required to have a Panhellenic Council here. This is looking like disaster for NYU greeklife, because we are so different from other colleges. The student body is very scattered and made up of very independent people. People know what they want, and already have 20 other things going on. And I dunno how it is at other institutions but here there is no coordination whatsoever regarding scheduling and class times. One person will have classes from 10-5, another will have then from 4-9pm. Girls here just don't have the time or the patience to go through the rush that say, a heavily greek-influenced Southern school requires. So I dunno, I hope it won't be that bad, but I'm very worried. But my point is, from what I've learned here about Panhel rush, it seems to commercialize greek life too much for my taste...of course I have a biased opinion. What do you guys think?
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