My College Lifestyle
Sorority and Fraternity Life

I remember when I was young and gathering all the kids in the neighborhood to play night games. The only one I can remember was Olly, Olly, Oxen free.

I want to use night games as an event for my sororities informal recruitment. But I’d like to have more options to keep things interesting.

Has anyone played night games? What games did you play and how did you play them?

Thanks for the help.

My sorority is famous for its annual glow in the dark capture the flag. We play girls against girls if we are recruiting or we challenge a frat. Order two colors of glow sticks (or bracelets/necklaces) from an online supplier or buy lots of multiple packs at the dollar store and pull out two colors, one color for each team and each player gets a glow stick in their team color. Make a "flag" by tying a bunch of the leftover glow sticks together (they have a little hole at one end). We use white crepe paper to mark out the boundry, jail and "safe zone" the line between the two sides that you have to get the flag back across.

We play in a local park and meet just as the sun is setting. We play 2-3 games but leave by 9pm so we don’t disturb the neighbors. Appoint a safety official to stay by the safe zone, get her a wistle to start and stop the game and make sure she has a cell phone to call for help if needed.
We use wistle signals to let people know what is going on in the dark. One short to start the game, three short to end the game (when someone wins) and one long wistle when we need to stop for some other reason (injuries, cops, etc).

Here are some helpful rules. 1) the flag must be visable from three sides, cannot be buried and must be reachable, ie not thrown into a tree 2) Everyone must wear their glow stick at all times, for safety and fairness 3) must respect the bounrdy and private property 4) no yelling or screaming 5) rush rules apply ie no double teaming PNMs, no touching, no booze etc.

So I am a freshman at Texas university and I am participating in sorority recruitment. I was dropped by some sororities that I really loved, and now i am left with a couple i hate and a couple i am on the fence about. Is it better to stick it out with a sorority i only like, or would it be better to rush as a sophomore when i am more confident and prepared?

would i have a better/worse chance of getting in to one of my top sororities?

thanks in advance for the advice!!

Stick it out, your opinions can change at any time. Look at each group that wants you with fresh eyes and don’t listen to any stereotypes or gossip, most of it isn’t true. Stay all the way through preference, if after preference you would rather not be greek (and possibly never be) than join the chapters that pref you, then drop out without ranking. If you are still on the fence after preference, rank the chapters, accept the bid and try pledging for a few weeks. If after that you don’t make a connection, drop before initiation.

Many sororities have a "once cut, always cut" policy, and going through recruitment as a sophomore is much harder at competitive schools. Your freshmen year is the best (and depending on which Texas school) might be your only chance to join a sorority.

Every chapter has something to offer, remember that you are looking for a sisterhood for life, not just letters on your chest for 4 years. Keep in mind the size of the groups you are rushing, if there’s over 20 people there’s bound to be someone you can relate too even if you don’t meet them at recruitment. It might not seem like it now, but recruitment is really really good at placing girls in the chapters that best fit them as they are, not who they want to be. I didn’t get into my first or second choice chapter during recruitment but I ended up exactly where I was meant to be. Have some faith in the system.

Good luck!