One of the most asked questions these passed few weeks has been, "Are you rushin'?" And to this question I like to give the extremely corny answer, "No. I'm American." And I'm constantly surprised by the people who actually laugh. I thought everybody had heard that by now, but I guess not. But Thursday night, well actually Thursday afternoon at about 12:30, we started the Shawreth camp out. Shawreth only has a certain number of spots available in their club, so you've got to camp out the night before in order to hold your spot. I enjoyed it for the most part. I'm doing this rush thing in order to meet more people and get involved on campus. It was interesting to see how everything was delegated. Shawreth has nothing to do with the camp out and it's completely goverened by the freshmen that are rushing. We had one guy step up who started "the list" and took role every once in a while to make sure that everyone who was on the list was still there. There ended up being 21 spots this year, and 23 guys signed up.
One of the coolest things about the camp out was how everyone was helping us out. A bunch of the girls brought food and offered to get us food and were taking trips to wal(star)mart and all kinds of stuff. There were tons of other people out there throughout the day and night which was pretty cool too. I managed to catch a couple hours of sleep on a concrete bench in a wet sleeping bag with a wet pillow. It was interesting for sure!
This whole rush idea is new to me, and I'm left to wonder how it's going to go. I hear its challenging, which is why it builds brotherhood between the people who are rushing. I think this is a good thing and it sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun! The real challenge is going to come from managing school and all of this rush stuff. But I think it will be rewarding in the end
6 comments:
Even though it sounds miserable, the camp out was a memory that you have from your freshman year of college. I am worried about mananging my schooland rush as well, but if we prioritize I am sure it will work out.
I hope you have a great time in the rush, that is really a good way to meet more people.
REPRESENT!!! haha, thats all i got to say.
hey Chase, this is the first time I've read your blog and you are doing some good writing. I know rush will be hard but we need to focus on eachother and help EVERYONE, instead of focusing on ourselves. I'm glad you're rushin, and that you're American, and it'll be an exciting next 5-6 weeks.
Glad the camp out went alright. Hope things go well for you with Rush and managing everything else.
Yeah, i was going to rush myself for the same reason, but I decided I needed to make sure I had time to keep my grades up and get enough sleep to wake up. But I might do it later.
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