Would you pledge a sorority known for dirty rushing?

[shadokat]

The only part of the story that is creepy is the God wants you to join our chapter. None of this is commonplace in my area, but it is fascinating nonetheless.

[exlurker]

Wasn't there a major scene (and plot point) in Eating The Cheshire Cat by Helen Ellis that portrayed a -- fictional -- pre-recruitment party thrown by an alumna to check out or "push" girls who might be suitable for one particular sorority at Alabama?

While fiction, and undoubtedly exaggerated, I think it at least reflected a practice that's not unfamiliar in the Southern sorority world.

[navane]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Wasn't there a major scene (and plot point) in Eating The Cheshire Cat by Helen Ellis that portrayed a -- fictional -- pre-recruitment party thrown by an alumna to check out or "push" girls who might be suitable for one particular sorority at Alabama?

While fiction, and undoubtedly exaggerated, I think it at least reflected a practice that's not unfamiliar in the Southern sorority world.

This thread reminds me of this one goofy movie I saw a few years back called "Sorority Wars" where a couple of alum moms (Courtney Thorne Smith) were pushing this one daughter, a legacy, to join a "top tier" sorority and she wanted to be in a different sorority.

This is it here: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay...tt_pv_vi_aiv_1

[Sciencewoman]

That movie has been running on Lifetime lately. Hmmm.... I just watched part of it today, and thought the same thing. I'd never seen it before. The moms were ACTIVE alumnae of the same sorority...one had a daughter who joined the legacy sorority and then another one's daughter "tattled" on them during recruitment for some infraction (missed what it was, only picked up that she had tattled and incurred much wrath) and ended up joining their rival sorority.