Sorority Life

As I was sitting in Chapter last monday, I thought to myself, why do we (Greeks) do this stuff? Who thought of it? I love my sorority and am truly proud of being a part of my house. I just sometimes wonder who initially thought of all the things that we do... For instance, RECRUITMENT. Sometimes when I go out at night I feel like I am so eager to meet freshman girls who I want to be a part of my house after recruitment, that I do not even pay attention to my friends. My friends and I sometimes refer to the recruitment process as flirting with girls. Because, when you go out you want to talk to as many younger girls as possible, you want them to like you and if all goes well hopefully you can get their digits and ask them to lunch! It sounds really funny and ridiculous but all Sorority Women do it in order to get girls they like in their new pledge class. Guys do it to! Since  SMU Greek life is so popular it seems that first semester all Greek Men are doing is buying younger boys drinks, cab rides, and trying to show them a good time, while Greek Women are also trying to win over the younger girls. Sometimes it seems a little bizarre to me to think about, especially when I think back to when I was a Freshman and I would get so excited when an older girl in a sorority would come to talk to me. The process of formal recruitment for sororities also makes me think sometimes, whose idea was it to sing for other girls to entice them to join your organization??? The whole door chant thing (the way a sorority greet the potential new members during formal recruitment) is just a little creepy and intimidating. Then there are the different days of rush... maybe I am being cynical but I have always thought that skit day is a particular strange part of recruitment. In normal life, I do not make people or watch people perform skits before I decide if I want to be like them and join their group. Bottom line, the Sorority World is not the real world... from an outsider's view, they probably think we are all HUGE weirdos who do weird stuff. While I will admit that I too find what we do a little weird sometimes, it works, and it is something you would have to be a part of to understand.