Debunking Rush Myths - 2
By Kate Robb, President, Panhellenic Council Executive Board
Published on Monday, October 15, 2007
To the Editor:
As a woman who has been on both sides of the Panhellenic recruitment process -- both as a Potential New Member and an affiliated woman -- I was appalled by the blatant factual inaccuracies that formed the "foundation" of Michael Kreicher '08's "Fixing the Rush Process" (Oct. 12). Kreicher's "conclusions" are based on hearsay and campus myths, not the facts. For example, his accusations that a computer program, not the chapters or the PNMs, ultimately make the decision as to which house a woman is placed is complete fallacy. The Panhellenic Council does utilize a computer program in order to sync the lists produced by the chapters with the PNMs' preferences. The Interactive Collegiate Solutions (ICS) software program is merely a time saving device, not a "Magic 8 Ball" of rush. If you, Michael Kreicher, want to hand match 300 bids, be our guest. You can drag Panhellenic recruitment out for many more days and sleepless nights. Panhellenic recruitment is a "mutual selection" process where the wishes of the PNMs and the seven Panhellenic chapters are taken into account.