At Tulane University the recruitment or "rush" period is held during the second week of the second semester.  For the 2007 spring semester, formal rush week will begin on January 21st and end on January 28th.  Rush is designed to help you learn more about the Greek organizations at Tulane. To register for rush, contact the Tulane Interfraternity Council information booth near the new Pavilion. Once registered, all rushees are to attend the Rush Convocation on the 21st in the Lavin-Bernick Center starting at noon.  There information will be provided as to all of the activities for the week

During Recruitment, talk with the members of every Greek organization to find out which is right for you. If both you and the Sigma Chi brothers on our campus agree that Sigma Chi is the fraternity for you, you'll be extended a "bid," an invitation to join.  At the end of rush week, all rushees will will again meet and formally accept their bids.

If you accept your bid, you will enroll in an educational program called pledging. The pledge program is designed to teach you more about Sigma Chi and teach the chapter more about you. The process of pledgeship consists of intellectual exercises, shared experiences, and cultivation of friendship of a higher ordeal - all aimed at enlisting worthy men and meaningful commitment of lifelong duration. The program is designed to be mentally, emotionally, and spiritually stimulating, and therefore hazing and degrading activities are prohibited.

The pledge period culminates with initiation, your first introduction to the teachings of our Ritual and the beginning of your life in Sigma Chi. After initiation, you will receive what we call P.I.T., or post-initiation training, designed to help you learn more about our ideals and ritual.