Rushing

As rush week draws nearer and nearer, pressure is starting to be put on freshmen to join different sororities and fraternities. The active members want to make sure they have a good pledge class, and are starting to pick up their rushing. For many, including myself, it is not going to be an easy decision on which one I should join. I like people in a few different houses, but I cannot decide which one I am going to join. I have also made a great group of freshmen friends that I would like to be in the same fraternity as. However, no one is able to pull the trigger and say which one they will join. 

There are many positives in deferred rushing. It does not pressure the freshmen into making a decision without really knowing the guys or girls. It gives the freshmen time to think and make a wise choice. However, it also can put people in an awkward position. Simply going through the process of rush gives the freshmen an opportunity to meet many different people in the different houses; however, once the decision is made, you could potentially hurt someone who is in a house that you did not join. Many different people have connections (either family or friends from home) in many different houses. This forces them to automatically let one of their friends or family members down.

As it is getting down to the wire, many people are asking around what houses other people might be joining. It is an awkward situation, and I am very interested to see how it plays out.

What's with the weather?

Recently, the weather has begun to change from the heat of the summer to the bitterness of winter. Coming from Louisville, Kentucky, I know a lot about the cold because it tends to get could up there. When I was packing my bags for school, I had an image in my head of shorts and t-shorts all year long. I have now come to realize that I was vastly unprepared for the cold. 

Believe it or not, I like the cold weather. I love to snowboard and love cold lacrosse games. What I do not like about the cold in Dallas, is that I do not have enough clothes for this type of weather. I brought way too many shorts and t-shirts and not enough long sleeves. I find myself doing way too much laundry, and constantly having to re-wear things. 

It is not only the cold that is bothering me either. The weather is entirely too inconsistent here. I never know how could it is going to be outside. I can look at the temperature on my computer before class, but it is almost never right. What I have began to do is look out the window to see what other people are wearing. I usually judge what to wear off of them. Unfortunately, they have the same problem as I have and are guessing what to wear also. I am always too cold in the morning because I do not have enough clothes on, but by the time it is two o'clock, i am burning up. I do not know what to do about it, but hopefully the weather becomes more consistent.