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Show - ' I V I w .: I ,1 i i 1 I Sigma Nu's sing out at rush party. System Fair? Rush Trauma Probe 'Bing' Haunts Week go something else. Since there is the abundance of legacies, most sororities don't put much stock in them, which makes it easier for all those involved. But if you have an active something there's pressure. Horrible Week Before you know it though, that horrible week vanishes and you find yourself making the final decision. de-cision. This is the most traumatic decision. It's a matter of who you liked, who liked you, where you feel comfortable, where you want to be influenced. Hashing each over in your mind, you come up with two different answers. Finally deciding de-ciding on one, you leave in nervous nerv-ous exhaustion. Only the next few years will prove you right or wrong. The most discouraging and shocking part though, is the girls who loved you last week, don't care who you are now. Editor's Note: The problem of rush is met in different ways by dif-article, dif-article, a fteshman women descri ferent people. In the following article, art-icle, a freshman women describes her reactions to fall rush. "You forgot your ribbons! What is your name? Hey Pledge!" Suddenly Sud-denly within one week, you're even lower than the regular freshman, you're a freshman pledge. Last week they loved you, this week you're a piece of the furniture. Was last week's tortur? worth it? As a rushee you marched from house to house in slowly diminishing diminish-ing herds, pausing long enough to be asked "What school are you from? What's your major? What classes are you taking?" The fust few days, being ignorant of what was going on, you didn't mind the questions. Near the end of the week you found yourself responding, respond-ing, "I'm from the State Industrial School with hopes of going into lion taming." Superficiality The problem of rush is the inescapable in-escapable superficiality. Though everyone is nice to you, there's got to be one of those kind people who is thinking, "BING." Treated royally, you build a false security which is shattered the next day when no invitation is sent Then you say, "They were so nice to me, I thought they really liked me." Being dropped is the worst of rush. The attention in rush can be misleading. Wanting you to feei welcome and relaxed, the Greeks are friendly to all the rushees in the house. You learn not to put stock in how you're treated, but find it more revealing to watch how the houses treat fellow sisters, to see what they're really like. Almost as depressing as being dropped is your rejecting an invitation. in-vitation. When you get dropped, there is one disappointed girl, but after they've invited you back, you feel like a traitor to refuse. Legacy If you're a legacy, your week is complicated. Most everyone from the area is faced with the complication. comp-lication. Your aunt was a Kappa, your sister a Chi O, your sister-in-law an Alpha Chi, and you're in a dither. Everyone expects you to Ff nc'fl" 1 Tlx i'"'" r i f H V ; I ' '4 -' - P. f ' i ' . l : . i ; j . S .v.-'V , iv-s X X '-. ' ;r -V " . ... f (- 'v - if" " ' f6-. ., A , ' .- v" 1 Body English get's across a Chi O's viewpoint |