<p>can someone explain the IFC banning 16 frats?</p>
<p>i read it in the dailytrojan but there werent that many details…
just do to 8 people going to the hospital? (1 is already too many of course)</p>
<p>Here is the article: [Post-rush</a> IFC parties lead to social ban|Daily Trojan](<a href=“http://dailytrojan.com/2010/08/31/post-rush-ifc-parties-lead-to-social-ban/]Post-rush”>Post-rush IFC parties lead to social ban - Daily Trojan)</p>
<p>@bbgg- thanks!</p>
<p>really sucks…i was really considering rushing this year too…
is it ever too late to rush? do juniors typically rush?</p>
<p>My son says that each fraternity president must meet in a month with a judical affairs group on campus. There was a video filmed by DPS that night from their vehicle. They went up and down the row filming after the reported alcohol cases starting coming in. No one is really sure what is on the tape. But during this one month ban there can be no parties on the row.</p>
<p>BTW, rushing in spring is an option. It is not as big of an event as fall rush. But some find that better since their seems to be less competition during rush. So it is not over yet.</p>
<p>How many houses have athletes involved? How do they handle their sport commitment and the expectations of their house?</p>
<p>Many houses love to have athletes in their fraternities. Pledging can be difficult while in a sport. But not impossible. For instance, Sigma Chi had 2 baseball players last spring that pledged. Sigma Chi knew that it would be impossible for him to participate in everything. He also had an away game during initiation so they arranged for him to attend an initiation in Northwood.</p>
<p>For some reason I cannot edit my last post. I was supposed to say 1 Baseball player</p>
<p>@bbgg - that is so good to hear! 
guess ill be rushing in the spring then</p>
<p>thats perfect since im still getting used to the whole transferring over…</p>
<p>sorry i know this isnt about greek life and all, but has anyone had marc keilberg for math as the t/a? how is he like and does he teach the material well?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Forgive my ignorance, I don’t know much about greek life over in the states, we don’t really have an equivalent here in Australia.</p>
<p>Was just wondering, since I’m considering going on exchange to USC, do frats welcome/encourage international students to get involved with them? Like say someone just going for a semester of exchange?</p>
<p>Sorry if that question seems ambiguous…</p>
<p>i don’t think they’d be willing to take you if you’ll only be there for one semester.</p>
<p>Right, but what about parties and stuff? Like I’m assuming you don’t have to be a member to go to them? And how would you find out about them (parties), do you need to know someone in the frat or are they advertised around campus or what?</p>
<p>Typically you won’t be let in (if you’re a guy) if you’re not in the fraternity, unless you’re very close friends with some of them.</p>
<p>So would you say its easier to get into a house spring rush as opposed to fall? I heard that one house had 200+ people rush for 25 spots. So would it be easier to get into this house in the spring? Also, one of my friends said that since he wasn’t offered a spot in one of the competitive houses, he was going to try to “dirty rush” in the spring. I’m not sure what that means but apparently it isn’t that big of deal for fraternities as opposed to sororities. Can someone explain what dirty rushing is and whether it increases your chances of getting in or not? I don’t want my friend to get his hopes up of doing something that might not actually work.</p>
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<p>Ok fair enough, so basically if you’re a guy and not in a frat you won’t be going to any frat parties… So what do those people do? I understand frats make up a relatively small fraction of the total student body, so I’m assuming theres some sort of alternative(s) in terms of parties and the like on campus?</p>
<p>If you don’t have contacts in the particular fraternity that you want to pledge then look for somone, perhaps a family friend,who would be willing to write you a letter of recommendation this spring. When you go to rush make sure you find upperclassman and talk to them. They are the ones to convince you should be part of the that fraternity. Good luck this
spring if you choose to rush. Bythe way,Sometimes you can get into sorority invite parties if you have contacts there.</p>
<p>yohaha, it may not necessarily be easier in the spring because, although less people rush, the frats also take less pledges.</p>
<p>And as for “dirty rushing,” in sorority world, it’s anything that the actives do/say that gives the potential new member special treatment, or makes them believe that they are guaranteed a bid. It could also be the potential new member “bribing” the actives in any way. Sorry, it’s kind of ambiguous (but SUPER strict for sororities). Examples:
- If a girl told me when I was going through recruitment “Oh, don’t worry, you’re in”
- If Alpha Alpha Alpha sorority gave me a bag with their letters on it as a gift
- Talking to any of the sorority members outside of recruitment AT ALL (even in class).
All dirty rushing.
I’m not sure how your friend plans on using “dirty rushing” to get into a frat, but i do know frats are don’t take it seriously at all.</p>
<p>sheepz:</p>
<p>Step 1: make friends.
Step 2: get invited to parties that they are hosting/going to.</p>
<p>There’s no magic “party list” that people reference on Thursday/Friday/Saturday nights. Figure it out the way people have been doing it for who knows how long.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the info guys!</p>
<p>So this is his plan: he really likes this one particular “top” frat and he thought the guys were really cool, etc. He was cut the first round though since there were like 250 people rushing for 20 spots and he felt like he didn’t really stand out that much during rush. However, he’s now friends with one of the guys in the frat that he likes now and he plans on hanging out with him in the frat throughout the first semester, meet some of the guys there, etc. and rush there next semester since there won’t be as many rushees. Is that a good plan? Have there been people who have rushed the same house before and got in the second time?</p>
<p>yohaha, my son was cut last fall from the only fraternity he was interested in joining (but he did make it through the week and was dropped after the blue chip dinner). Come spring, he knew more of the guys and made an effort to meet and make a positive impression on those he didn’t know. He did receive a bid. There were hundreds of guys rushing for less than 20 spots so spring odds are still long at some houses.</p>