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Old 10-07-2003, 03:25 AM
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LOL. Our house is probably the same! Gotta love that wonderful pink!
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Old 10-07-2003, 07:30 AM
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According to the Daily Mississippian, quota was 86, not 85 like we thought. The article also said that they all made quota, so our info was right on that one!
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Old 10-07-2003, 08:02 AM
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Link to article in the Daily Mississippian

About 1,500 join greek organizations

by Melissa Sindelar
DM Campus News Editor
October 07, 2003

About 1,500 students found new homes Monday as they received their bids from sororities or fraternities.

Almost 800 females, or about 92 percent of total Rush participants, and nearly 700 males or 85 percent, received placement in a greek organization, according to Jason Dean, consultant for Greek Life.

"We're just as happy as we can be," Dean said. "This is definitely one of the better ones we've had."

A record number of Rush participants, both male and female, participated in recruitment this year. Just under 900 females and about 780 males participated in Rush.

The 15 percent enrollment increase caused the Panhellenic Council to create a new group for the female Rush participants, resulting in the first round starting an hour earlier and a 20-minute break.

Another new aspect of recruitment this year is the use of a new computer system. Many rumors flew around this weekend of problems with the computer system, and female Rush participants getting mistakenly cut from Rush. These rumors were unfounded, said Sara Fay Peters, Panhellenic public relations contact.

The computer system worked fine, she said, but the council wanted to transfer information to Excel and print.

"It was a printing problem," Peters said. "We were trying to make it easier for the girls. It was just mixed up. So we called the girls back, and they went to the education building and did it on the computer. Nothing was wrong with the way the system is set up."

Peters said all Rush participants had to come and fill out the forms again in order to keep it fair when the mix-up occurred Saturday morning.

Peters said everything turned out "fabulous."

All nine sororities made their quota, Dean said. The quota was set at 86. This number is found by figuring out what percentage of Rush participants will join and dividing that number by nine.

Dean said the "new regret with interest" used by the Panhellenic Council helped with the high placement.

"Regret with interest" is a system used on other campuses, Meredith Padalino, vice president for recruitment, said in an earlier interview.

After the first round ended, female Rush participants could only go back to six houses in the second round. They could cut one house with regret to let that sorority know they had to cut them, but they are still interested.

The sorority could have issued an invitation to that female for the third round or Pref night. It was then up to the Rush participants to decide if they would visit that sorority as one of the three they could visit in round three.

Battle Ewing, Interfraternal Council president, said Rush went well and he was happy about the placement percentages, which were higher than last year.

The computer system and printing did not create any mix-ups for the male Rush, he said.
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Old 10-07-2003, 08:17 AM
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IMHO, the concept of "regret with interest" is definitely a good idea!
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Old 10-07-2003, 09:05 AM
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Congratulations to DG and Kappa, and to your girls!!!

And what a great story about the power of "regret with interest"...I love to hear about campus-wide successful recruitments, where every chapter makes Quota!
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Old 10-07-2003, 03:53 PM
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Could someone please tell me what houses "dagger, ladybug and panda" would be? These were the only ones I couldn't match! Thanks.
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Old 10-07-2003, 03:57 PM
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If she was going by sorority symbols, then KD is daggar, ladybug is Phi Mu, and panda is AOII.
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Old 10-07-2003, 03:57 PM
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Anchor: Delta Gamma

Arrow: Pi Beta Phi

Dagger: Kappa Delta

Dolphin: Delta Delta Delta

Key: Kappa Kappa Gamma

Kite: Kappa Alpha Theta

Ladybug: Phi Mu (though i would have used a lion for Sir Fidel)

Owl: Chi Omega

Panda: Alpha Omicron Pi
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Old 10-07-2003, 05:16 PM
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Congratulations to "A" and "W"! Congratulations to all the chapters at Ole Miss. Dozens and dozens of roses to NU Beta with 95 new members!!!
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Old 10-08-2003, 12:39 AM
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YAAAY! Congrats to the wonderful new members at Ole Miss Im happy so many girls found their homes!

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Old 10-08-2003, 03:00 AM
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I'm so glad all the houses made quota! That's wonderful!
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Old 10-08-2003, 06:21 AM
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Phi Mu at Ole Miss uses the ladybog more then the lion...even though the lion is the official mascot...you know Ole Miss & mascots though...can't ever get it right
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Old 10-08-2003, 04:43 PM
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Congrats to all of the chapters at Ole Miss My friend's sister just went KD there and is super excited!
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Old 10-08-2003, 05:04 PM
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Phi Mu at Ole Miss uses the ladybog more then the lion...even though the lion is the official mascot...you know Ole Miss & mascots though...can't ever get it right
thats for sure. its so sad though. its been tradition for so many years. i hate to see it all go. it will never be the same.
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Old 10-08-2003, 05:12 PM
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...you know Ole Miss & mascots though...can't ever get it right
actually, I don't know. what is the problem?
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