'No Frumpy': Cornell Sorority Forbids American Apparel Leggings, etc.

[OleMissGlitter]

I love the part about makeup! You don't know how many times I have seen sorority girls with more makeup on then necessary for sorority rush! Love this! We never got a printed out list of what to wear, we were just told and then during clothing check we were told again!

[GTAlphaPhi]

The god-awful spelling and grammar throughout the memo was was not what I expected from a Cornell student.

[RU OX Alum]

^^^yeah, I didn't read it as sarcasm at all, I just thought she was really judgemental. Like, yeah, don't wear that for rush or whatever, but it just seemed kindof snippy, but maybe now that you said that, yeah I see it, if she had a sarcastic kind of personality

[UGAalum94]

A non-greek woman I work with was showing around/ sharing her Greek daughter's recruitment instructions at work a couple of years ago, and she was blowing comments way out of proportions. The mom fancies herself a big feminist and has no understanding of the realities of UGA recruitment. She apparently didn't care that she as damaging the reputation of her daughter's group for basically doing what's expected in competitive recruitments: giving guidelines about what to wear and how to wear it to maximize the positive impression your group makes.

I think there maybe something to clearly communicating expectations face to face and not giving people lists like this is reproducible format. Especially if you are going a presentation at chapter first and have dress check later, why run the risk of it getting outside the chapter?

I thought this particular linked list was pretty funny, and I thought it was refreshing to see the author acknowledge that some of the rules represented her own areas of obsession rather than universal judgments.

[Just interested]

Amen to last post. Unfortunately, some chapters have members who don't have the fashion sense to show the chapter and themselves in the best light. The goal is to dress to impress and first impressions do matter. In fact, recruitment is nothing more than one big interview.

[AlphaXi_Husky]

While this list is one of the most detailed I've seen, the concept is definitely not foreign - or out of place IMO. And truthfully, sometimes there are people who need that amount of detail spelled out for them.

So yeah, basically I agree with most of what people have already said

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AlphaXi_Husky

While this list is one of the most detailed I've seen, the concept is definitely not foreign - or out of place IMO. And truthfully, sometimes there are people who need that amount of detail spelled out for them.

So yeah, basically I agree with most of what people have already said

Absolutely! I cringe when I think of the pre-list days, when we were told to wear a black dress or a letter shirt, but nothing else. I'm a bit more irritated by this woman's writing style than the list itself. If I was told, "Don't mess with me," you can be sure that I'd wear exactly what she doesn't want to see. But y'all have probably figured out by now that I'm all about telling someone to go to hell in a way that they'll enjoy the trip.

[texas*princess]

I'm so glad we had matching outfits back when I did recruitment!

All we had to do was give them our size, pay the money for the recruitment clothes, and *poof* we were all good to go! There was no guessing and all of girls had the common sense for proper grooming prior to recruitment.

[Gusteau]

I legit want to date this girl, she's hilarious. My favorites:

Under "No" for eyes:
"Sultry. Its noon people. And these are girls, not laxers. No need to seduce them with caked on black eye makeup. And it anyone likes to try that its me, don't get me wrong. Just saying."

Under "No" for shoes:
"Fuck me pumps"
"Tacky/cheapo/pleather. Don't mess with me."

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

I legit want to date this girl, she's hilarious.

Me too. Oh, wait, nevermind.

Someone posted in the comments that they were a PiPhi from Cornell and this list was a joke - well - the manner in which it was stated. She was being funny. I don't know if the spelling and grammar was part of the funny, but it might have been.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Me too. Oh, wait, nevermind.

Someone posted in the comments that they were a PiPhi from Cornell and this list was a joke - well - the manner in which it was stated. She was being funny. I don't know if the spelling and grammar was part of the funny, but it might have been.

Yeah, I wasn't offended by the fact that it wasn't term-paper quality. It was guide that was meant to be serious but also funny at the same time, directed to a peer group. Ivy League students don't speak and write the King's English all the time.

[BigGreen11]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Ivy League students don't speak and write the King's English all the time.

^^ this! when i am sending an email to my FRIENDS, having perfect grammar and spelling is hardly my main priority!

on the same note, i think some people are forgetting that this is a message from one sister to people she knows well. if i got a list like this from someone i didn't know well, i might be offended but we have to remember that this is a house officer touching base with the house during what is a very stressful time for her. this was never meant to be dissected by a wide audience (that may or may not have any greek experience) and i don't think it was inappropriate given its proposed context/audience.

familiarity with recipients + rush stress = casual, to-the-point writing style.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by BigGreen11

^^ this! when i am sending an email to my FRIENDS, having perfect grammar and spelling is hardly my main priority!

on the same note, i think some people are forgetting that this is a message from one sister to people she knows well. if i got a list like this from someone i didn't know well, i might be offended but we have to remember that this is a house officer touching base with the house during what is a very stressful time for her. this was never meant to be dissected by a wide audience (that may or may not have any greek experience) and i don't think it was inappropriate given its proposed context/audience.

familiarity with recipients + rush stress = casual, to-the-point writing style.

So are you refusing to use proper capitalization on principle? As an act of solidarity?

[UofM-TKE]

Many of the people on Huffington Post are mocking Pi Phi because of the colloquial language and spelling errors in the Recruitment notes even after someone posted a link to the chapter's website which showed the names and majors of the Executive Board. Since they seem to an exceptional group which does not deserve the abuse that they are taking from absolute strangers, here are the EB's majors/minors. I doubt that the regular bloggers on HP could match this, let alone the commenters.

Math and Economics
Biological Sciences
Literature
Applied Economics and Management
Psychology and Economics
Math and Economics
Applied Economics and Management
Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by UofM-TKE

Many of the people on Huffington Post are mocking Pi Phi because of the colloquial language and spelling errors in the Recruitment notes even after someone posted a link to the chapter's website which showed the names and majors of the Executive Board. Since they seem to an exceptional group which does not deserve the abuse that they are taking from absolute strangers, here are the EB's majors/minors. I doubt that the regular bloggers on HP could match this, let alone the commenters.

Math and Economics
Biological Sciences
Literature
Applied Economics and Management
Psychology and Economics
Math and Economics
Applied Economics and Management
Engineering
Atmospheric Sciences

At Cornell.