Greek rush rocks
campus
By Lori Steinhauer
Of the Emerald
Sorority sisters screaming in the back of a
pickup truck may not be an uncommon sight. But
only during fall orientation week, when campus
sororities and fraternities are recruiting members,
would one find them jumping out to join the rest
ot their housemates in a welcoming song to pro
spective members.
When else but during rush does the Pi Beta
rhi house convert into the Hollywood Hotel, con
ducting its own version of the Academy Awards
preceded by sparkling cider cocktails, or do the
Kappa Kappa Gammas hold Camp Kappa Gamma
and share their moments on slide to cap
ture the hearts of future pledges?
And only during fall rush will the student en
counter campus fraternities openly welcoming
395 non-fraternity men into their houses.
More than 700 rushees spent five event
packed days last week visiting the 14 fraternities
and 11 sororities on campus. After the men had
been through all the fraternities and the women
through all the sororities, each rushee received
several computer printouts throughout the week
showing the houses that wanted to see them
again. Based on the printouts, rushees could then
choose the houses they wanted to revisit.
Last Saturday afternoon, after rushees had
revisited their favorite houses, mutual decisions
between rushees and house members determined
who the new pledges were.
But what about rushees who didn’t join
houses? Often rushees drop out of the program,
discovering Greek life isn’t for them. However,
occasionally someone will not be invited back by
his or her first-choice house, or in rare cases, by
any house at all.
“It’s unusual for somebody not to get any
bids, but it does happen,” Interfratemity Council
Pres. Mitch Vance said. “We encourage them to
continue informally rushing the houses and get to
know the people better. We feel there is a place
for everybody. Each house has its own unique
personalities and their memberships are very
diverse.”
To reduce problems and anxieties, the Inter
fraternity and Panhellenic councils provide
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Photo by Hank Trotter
Members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
pitched in with song during rush week to make
potential housemates feel welcome.
counselors who guide groups of rushees from
house to house each evening. Counselors answer
any questions, from where a particular house is
located to how rushees should act or dress,
Panhellenic rush chair JoAnne Johnson said. And
like rushees, the fraternities and sororities want
to give an appealing presentation.
But while sororities portrayed the personality
of their houses during the evening, through
decoration, dancing, skits and songs, each frater
nity carried on daytime activities from air balloon
rides to river rafting, reserving the formal evening
rush for casual conversation and refreshments.
To cover rush costs, men paid a $10 fee,
while the fee for sorority rush was $30 for the
week.
At the sororities:
As name-tagged rushees entered the Pi Beta
Phi house-tumed-Hollywood Hotel last Wedenes
day night, most said their reason for rushing was
to gain a network of friends.
‘‘You’d always have something to do, and it
gives you a good sense of belonging,” said
freshman Mariellen Gillis. “And even if people
don’t pledge, you make a lot of friends.”
Most sorority rushees agreed conversation
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