During the week of Feb. 9, Greeks showed off what their organization has to offer in California State University, Stanislaus’ semi-annual rush week.
Rush week is a time where sororities and fraternities recruit potential members in a series of informational nights and activities that let the sisters, brothers and potential members get to know one another. Proceeding the activities, the sorority or fraternity chooses who would fit best while the potential members also make their decision on where they think they belong.
“We try to recruit guys who are interested in helping the community and have that motivation to do well in school,” Victor Flores, president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said. “We just want to provide a chill environment outside of school and work and we try to show who we are through our info nights and intimate gatherings so they get to know the whole atmosphere.”
Other Greek organizations, such as Delta Phi Gamma (DPG), are voluntarily choosing to not rush for various reasons.
“This semester we just really want to focus on sisterhood and becoming closer with each other,” Veronica Villanueva, president of DPG, said. “We are also in the middle of getting licensed so that we can expand our sorority onto other campuses.”
Pledges— potential members who are rushing an organization— have a lot to choose from considering that there are a total of ten sororities and seven fraternities.
“First I didn’t want to go Greek because of how movies portrayed them,” Mario Pineda (freshman, Political Science) said. “I got interested in the Greek system because most people I met at Stanislaus were Greek and those people always told me about how there was always someone to hang out with. I chose to pledge Omega Nu Omega because they were all so welcoming and treated everyone with respect.”