By Bethany Grov?
Greek life has recently started recruiting members on campus. Many Greek organizations have held their recruitment events in the past few weeks and Bid Day brought many new members to the sororities and fraternities on campus this spring.
For those who don’t know much about Greek life, “rush” is a process in which students, or “rushees,” discover the best Greek organization for themselves. It usually consists of going to events held by different fraternities or sororities in order to scope out which organization is most suitable. Senior Chris Kron, member and former president of Alpha Sigma Phi, said they had a good recruitment response this year.
“We had about 15 guys interested and 12 guys at our closed smoker on Sunday night,” Kron said.
An open smoker is an event that some fraternities hold that is open to anyone who is interested in joining and is used as a type of screening process. It is a way for rushees to introduce themselves to the group and to start determining whether or not they would be interested in pledging to that organization.
The “closed smoker” is held after the open smoker, in which the fraternity invites back certain rushees in order to get to know them better. On Bid Day, some rushees are invited to join the organization, and if they accept the invitation they become a pledge.
“The closed smoker was a good event because it was longer than the previous several,” Kron said. “It gave a chance for the potentials to get a chance to know us and vice versa.”
Phi Mu held a recruitment event based on the television show, America’s Next Top Model. Senior MC DeSimone, a member of Phi Mu, said the recruitment has been wonderful so far.
“My favorite event so far was ‘Phi Mu’s Next Top Model’ in which everyone dressed up like their favorite model and ‘strutted their stuff’ on the catwalk while introducing themselves,” DeSimone said. “Even the girls who decided not to join Phi Mu were still an essential element to the fun.”
Former Phi Mu president senior Lindsay Fairchild said they are happy to welcome seven new sisters into their chapter.
“We are more than pleased with our new additions and hope to continue to invite more responsible, fun-loving and unique women into our chapter within the next few weeks,” Fairchild said. “We have big plans and high hopes for the rest of the semester. Keep an eye on the ladies of love, honor and truth: Phi Mu.”
Junior Daniel Lebost, the new president of Alpha Sigma Phi said they are also very happy with the results of recruitment.
“We were fortunate to get 10 potential pledges from our recruiting efforts this semester,” Lebost said. “They are all great guys and we are happy with the results.”