<p>You know I have never understood why the Fraternities made the change from the way it used to be to the way it is today. Back in the dinosaur days when I went through recruitment the fraternities had their formal recruitment the week before ours. It was the same kind party type thing the girls did. I think there were bbq’s and a couple of activities at Alumn’s homes as well as stuff at the Frats. The guys got their bids and then they paced back and forth across a strip of grass in front of the fraternities on Greek Row. The actives stood in the yards (with kegs) and chanted and sang. One by one the guys would cross over and the actives would pour beer on them and then that night there was a huge band party in the parking lot at the end of Greek Town. That then freed up the guys to sit in lawn chairs in front of the frat houses while we walked with our Rho Chi’s to each appointed party. Did I mention they had cards with the number 1 through 10 on them and as we walked by they rated us…yeah fun!!! I do think the current system for guys need to change. NJ your solution sounds great. Have you ever thought about pitching it to Greek Life, who knows they might bite :). There has been a lot of talk about how the girls go through recruitment as well. Words like shallow, materialistic, judgmental all have been spoken but am not sure there is a better way to get 1600 girls through the process. If you look at the OOS pledges you will see that this number steadily rises each year. I think it’s hard for OOS girls to attend, yet alone get invited to, the different recruitment teas that start the January before recruitment in August and end in May. We were lucky in that my involvement with my particular sorority got DD invites and then while staying at Bama with some girls, she then met other girls in other houses and got more invites. With the changes in the ability of incoming Freshman being able to stay with current girls (curfew ect.) this isn’t the case any more. I would encourage girls who are looking at going through recruitment at Bama to have alumns write letters of introduction to their sorority. Sometimes these letters will generate an invites to those parties. You will of course have to figure out how to get to Bama for what could potentially be an hours meet and greet at a local restaurant, but I will tell you that these get togethers can be beneficial. For those of you who are coming from the East I know this process can be confusing and frustrating, especially if you do have a Greek affiliation yourself. I would encourage you to reach out to one of us here on CC to help you. There are several of us who have ties to particular sororities and fraternities on campus and would be more than willing to help. In the case of recruitment at Bama networking is important!</p>