Hey, Beige Block - which sorority will have the hottest pledge class this year? Which frats should you avoid at all costs?
No, it’s not Gossip Girl, but gossip Web sites can offer freshmen going through the rush process a wealth of information.
Hey, Daily Pennsylvanian, thank you for writing this story, because I bet it’s going to be awesome.
JuicyCampus features a running commentary of the sorority rush experience, with posters asking fellow rushees “who had the best skit?” and comparing the wait for bids to be announced to “purgatory.”
In addition to frequent posts rating Penn’s different chapters, both sites feature users’ observations about the organizations.
On College Confidential, members of Delta Delta Delta are called “the college equivalent of the high school cheerleader” and Kappa Alpha Theta members are described as “notorious cokeheads, though this is really more legend than reality.”
Look, I was right! Everyone knows those Theta girls are total lightweights.
Interfraternity Council president and Wharton senior David Ashkenazi said he doesn’t read any online gossip Web sites but said that there is “probably a lot of positive and negative stuff on Facebook and elsewhere online.”
However, he added that relying on these sites does “the fraternity system at Penn a disservice by not getting to know the frats individually.”
Similarly Panhellenic Council president and College senior Drew Tye wrote in an e-mail that she has never visited JuicyCampus “because I feel it unjustifiably labels people.”
The head of the sororities at Penn has never visited a gossip website!? What is going on over there! First the coke sorority is deemed a legend, and now the head of all the sororities is eschewing gossip? Someone needs to put things right at Penn, and fast.
Spotted: Online gossip creeps into rush [Daily Pennsylvanian]
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