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To returning Chargers, you know what time it is. For students looking for ways to get involved, the university’s Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) organizations have officially announced one of their most popular public events of the semester; the Rush and Recruitment week.
Rush week, or recruitment week for sororities, is a semesterly tradition where FSL organizations host a week’s worth of interactive activities and events to look for potential new members. These events are organized to allow students to get to know the organizations, meet the brothers and sisters within them, learn the groups’ histories, functions and beliefs. The goal is that at the end of the week, students can choose which organization they would like to join, while the organization chooses who they would like as new members.
The week’s events provide a wide range of activities from the casual – such as going to Buffalo Wild Wings or going bowling – to the more formal, from orientations to presentations about brotherhood/sisterhood. The final decision and the receiving of bids happen at the end of the week.
“Being in a sorority is finding your future bridesmaids, best friends, and mentors,” said Molly Guillemin, president of sorority Chi Kappa Rho. “You learn how to become the best version of yourself, overcoming obstacles you never knew existed. A sorority is a family that you can laugh, scream, and cry with.”
“Joining XKP was one of the best things that I had ever done for myself, and I was so nervous when going out for recruitment,” said Aiya Chahid, public relations chair of Chi Kappa Rho. “But the second I met my sisters I knew I was home. Chi Kappa Rho not only encouraged me to be authentic and work hard, but they have also given me so many useful skills and so many leadership opportunities. We have seen sisters grow into business women, creative designers, FBI agents and so much more.”
“Recruitment is a very exciting time, where you can meet so many people and find your home away from home,” said Victoria Turtianen, president of sorority Alpha Sigma Alpha. “The best tip that I can share is to be yourself, this will lead you to find any organization that you resonate with, allowing you to grow in professional and personal ways.”