University of Texas Recruitment August 21-28, 2012

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You will find the below excerpt at wwwdotgreekrankdotcom. These "comments" started weeks ago and I have listed them by comment number. They are in the UT section of that site

Comment # 1945

Hi Ladies,
I am writing a magazine article about sorority recruitment at UT 2012. I would love to interview PNMs and actives from as many sororities as possible.*
Anonymity will be respected.*
I am an alumna of an NPC group, a member of Order of Omega and was Panhellenic president while an undergraduate.*
My article will present an honest, and positive view of recruitment at UT today. I will be following the story primarily from Convocation through Bid Day, with some follow-up.
I hope you will contact me at writer2810@gmail.com.*
I will provide my phone number after we connect.*
Thank you for your consideration, and I wish you all the best experience possible!*
Jennifer

Comment # 1947

Actually part of my article will be focused on my experience of each sorority today, in 2012.
I will be presenting an open and honest journalistic view of the recruitment process, the Greek system, and the individual houses at UT.*
The story will be positive toward all the chapters. I believe EVERY sorority has inherent qualities, and excellence within it's membership.*
I hope to have as many varied contributors as possible, including the Panhellenic Officers, Rho Chis, actives, and PNMs.*
I would really appreciate your support and input. Again, it will be confidential.*
Best wishes again for a very successful and FUN recruitment.
Jena

Comment # 1949

I don't blame you for being pessimistic but I am a GLO member and I am not going for a 'bash the Greeks' story.*
Prudence MacIntosh wrote an article for Texas Monthly in 1976 on sorority 'rush' at UT.
My article is different, but hopefully entertaining, enlightening and informative.
Thank you for the contributions that have come in and I am open for more.

Comment *# 1960

Wow, so today it begins!*
First, everyone, I am not a 'rookie' and this article is not 'iffy'. It will be written based on my experience of sorority recruitment 2012 at UT.*
I am a seasoned writer who happens to be a member of Order of Omega and a 'top 6' house.
I have also been a chapter advisor at two top universities.
Although I am from LA, I'm a Texas native. In my family there are Pi Phis, Chi Omegas, Kappas, and Thetas, some from UT.*
I'm on GR because it is an aspect of the story.*
I am aware that some people will always hate on the 'top' sorority, be it Pi Phi or XYZ. I am also aware that some people will always hate on the 'bottom' sorority. This can only be changed from within the person.*
I hope my article is educational, informative, and entertaining. I hope it opens people's hearts and minds towards the Greeks.*
Good Luck to all, and maybe I will meet some of you later.
Jena

Comment # 2002

Well, it has been an interesting story so far. Anyway, to answer your questions. I did communicate with Panhellenic several times, and didn't receive any replies. I also received a letter from Marilyn Russell stating she would not provide any statistical information whatsoever, but wished me well with my efforts this week.*

I will continue the article until completion. Remember, please, I AM NOT THE ENEMY! I was Junior Panhellenic President and Panhellenic President in college. I was a chapter advisor at UCLA and CU, and I am in Order of Omega and Rho Lambda. I know you may not like it, but I am doing my job, and hoping to promote the Greek system. One facet of my article is to let the girls who have been released, know, that there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. They just didn't fit into a very small segment of our society. Again, my intention is to have an informative, educational, and entertaining story. Like when I had the police called on me today. LOL. Yes, they were the friendliest people that I have encountered yet.

Comment 2004

Thank you to the women whom I interviewed.*

I appreciate your support and encouragement.*

UT Greek, thank you for the encouragement.*

I am beginning to pull everything together and see which direction I want to go, online article, magazine article, etc. Based on my experience, from convocation evening to bid day interviewing parents, and seeing the joy of many and the heart-wrenching tears of the few, the story is positive for the Greek system.*

It will also be entertaining, (the Pi Phis called the police on me) and informative.*

If anyone has any additional communications, you know how to reach me from my post. I'd love to hear your perspective of recruitment 2012, now that it is finished.

Again, best wishes to everyone, PNMs, pledges, actives, and yes, I'm including the Pi Phis, for a continued enriching, and uplifting life experience as a UT Greek.

So there it is for what it's worth.

[SWTXBelle]

What a super-cool coincidence!

[Titchou]

I'm going to be very kind here and say that even if she was doing it the way she said I can see where any GA would be suspicous. In this day and time, I would trust her to write a positive article about as much as I trusted this guy from Pakistan named Frank who called and said he was with Miscrosoft and I had a a corrupt version of Windows and needed to give him access to my computer. HA! You are not calling me from a bogus phone number (+253-820308) and getting me to do that!

[jen0830]

Yes, I have a 'journalist friend' named Jennifer.

Actually, I have 3 friends named Jennifer/Jena/Jensy/Jen.

We grew up in the time of parents choosing the most popular names and so, long, long, ago, we lived in the land of Jennifer and Jason.

So not such a super cool coincidence.

Today, the names du jour seems to be Caitlain and Jeremy. Gratefully, we are out of the Agnes, Myrtle, and Hesperia faze!

[BlueOwl]

I, for one, think that the article sounds like a good read! I hope that it is published. I think that it would be very interesting on many levels. The greek system is not without it's warts, and likely some of those warts will be revealed. Because she is a wonderful example of what a greek woman is, I believe that she will write a fair piece. But, I would not expect her to sugar coat it, either!

The tone of some of you that posted is rather defensive.

[SWTXBelle]

Irony. It's my bread and butter.

[Ladybugmom]

Congrtats to SDT for welcoming 63 new members yesterday! I really hope some of the girls here on GC that were released looked in to SDT. It sounds like they had a very sucessful recruitment!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Ladybugmom

Congrtats to SDT for welcoming 63 new members yesterday! I really hope some of the girls here on GC that were released looked in to SDT. It sounds like they had a very sucessful recruitment!

Wow, that's awesome! Do you have a link?

[Ladybugmom]

Here is their facebook page..

https://www.facebook.com/SDTatTexas

[Just interested]

I am so happy for them. The girls look darling and very happy on their fb page.

[shirley1929]

/small hijack

Ok, I didn't want a to start a new thread for this, but I did see this link on Twitter. It's the UT Police Blotter. This guy's writing is remarkably deadpan and funny...

http://www.tmdailypost.com/article/c...horns-take-two

[carnation]

You could not PAY me enough to be a campus cop!

[Ladybugmom]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

/small hijack

Ok, I didn't want a to start a new thread for this, but I did see this link on Twitter. It's the UT Police Blotter. This guy's writing is remarkably deadpan and funny...

www.tmdailypost.com/article/crime/book-em-horns-take-two

I get these e-mails daily since my daughter is a student at UT...whoever writes them is genius! I however would be horrified if my daughter's chapter was mentioned in one of them. Hopefully they are well versed on what not to say to the police.

[ComradesTrue]

As someone who writes dozens of recs each summer and fall, I always check every possible social media outlet that a PNM might have- fb, t_witter, instagram, etc. To me, a clean or private account demonstrates at least some good judgment, and I will make special note of that. In rare instances, screenshots of necessary info from twitter have been included in my "Rec." As an alumna, I have never actually written a "no-rec." HOwever, on girls that I have serious reservations about, including documentation in the girls own words from their social media allows them to sink their own ship.

I always include t_witter usernames when I submit my recs, partially for the chapter to have a window into the PNM, and partially to avoid what is purported to have happened to the UT PNM referenced above.

[DubaiSis]

Those are fantastic. The good news is the newspaper is able to detect good writing when they see it. Hopefully some of that rubs off on their staff reporters.

And by the way, when I was in school we had a cop speak at a chapter meeting. He told us if a sister is stopped by the cops for any reason, KEEP WALKING. DO NOT HELP. And those are words to live by.