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Originally Posted by banditone
Question: What does this statement mean?
"We have 25 candidates with four more (so far) committed to suicide during fall rush"
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Can you provide a little more context to how this statement was used? As in the type (Summer?) of rush. In any case, I agree with both 33girl and SWTXBelle.
Here is a possible IFC scenario. Some campuses have Summer Rush events. However, the actual official bid may not be extended until during Fall Rush. Kentucky (UK) and Ole Miss do this - allow Summer Rush but bids extended during Fall Rush. So this may be a situation where the chapter has 25 candidates (rushees) lined up ready to accept a bid. The four that are "committed to suicide", seems to mean that they (the four) will only accept party invites to this chapter during Fall Rush. Again, this is just a guess and it really depends on how the IFC rush is set up on that campus.
A couple of examples.
At UK, chapters may have Summer Rush events. Some are open to any rushee while other events may be by invitation only. Some might be a "one on one" type of event such as taking a rushee out for lunch or supper. Regardless, no bid may be extended at this time. Come fall, the rushee signs up for Fall Rush and may attend as many fraternity parties/events the first three days (Monday through Wednesday) as they want. Note, the rushee may attend events for just one chapter or up to all twenty-one chapters. Rush starts on a Monday but a bid may not be extended until Thursday at Noon. Some chapters have invite only Thursday and Friday while others may still have open events. Thus, a rushee might only attend events at one chapter with the hope they receive a bid on Thursday. It is possible to not attend any Fall Rush parties and receive a bid on Thursday based on the Summer Rush. In any case, this would be UK's version of an IFC suicide - only attending events at one chapter.
At Ole Miss, the rushee may attend Summer Rush events as well. Again, no bid may be extended at this time. The difference between UK's and Ole Miss' rush is that Ole Miss' is more structured. Somewhat similar to NPC recruitment. My understanding is that the rushee must attend an open house party for every fraternity. After this "round" the fraternities extend invites and the rushee selects which chapters he would like to go back to (there is a limit of invites the rushee may accept). My guess is that most rushees attend the maximum number of events and receive more than one bid after the preference round. However, other rushees may attend (accept) only one chapter's invites - the chapter he intends to suicide. Or maybe early on they attend more events "just for fun" but know all along they are only going to attend (accept) one preference invite. In either case, this would be Ole Miss' version of IFC suicide - attend the necessary number of events until the rushee is allowed to accept just one event invite and/or their bid.
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Originally Posted by banditone
OK, here's another question.
If you had a group doing that, going through formal, could they be plants (spy's) put in only to try and sway others?
That's what is confusing. Why do they state they have a certain number of "pledges", yet others that are doing that suicide thing.
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It is possible that an IFC rushee knows he will receive a bid (and accept) from a chapter prior to attending Fall Rush. Some campuses may require that before the bid may be accepted, the rushee must attend X number of parties during Fall Rush. Thus he could "spy" on the other rushees and give updates to the chapter he intends to join. Again, it would depend on how the specific campus has their IFC rush set up. There may be IFC rush rules about what may or may not be discussed and when or how.
One other scenario. Again, without knowing the context of the IFC and rush, this is just a guess. If the campus allows bids to be extended and accepted during Summer Rush, then it may be that 25 candidates have accepted. However, the other four were unable to attend Summer Rush events and/or were ineligible to accept a bid then and must wait until Fall Rush to do so. And they have indicated they will only rush that chapter.