Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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The term Rush is given to a two week concentrated effort for the fraternities and prospective bidees to intermingle and learn what each fraternity is all about. Rush is one of the most important events of the Greek year because it gives the rushees an opportunity to see how the Greek system can have a positive influence on their college experience and fraternity brothers the chance to progress their house. This year’s Rush began on Saturday, September 14th and ended with a formal dinner on Friday, September 25th, a night during which the bidees became pledges. On September 14th, the first year of a two week dry rush at Carnegie Mellon began. Progressively since 1983 more impositions have been set on the serving of alcohol during Rush. This year’s change from the half-wet half-dry rush of 1986 did not seem to effect the average number of pledges for each fraternity. In fact, some Greeks preferred it because they felt they had more of an opportunity to get to know prospective bidees in a sober state. During Rush, each house held events to appeal to people interested in becoming a member of a fraternity. Events such as pizza night and Movie Night were popular with all of the houses. Theme parties were numerous and quite popular. One house, Delta Tau Delta took the dry rush motif to heart by choosing the advertising campaign from milk and using the “Real” theme to represent their house. Regardless of what each fraternity did, this year’s two week rush period was an enormously successful Greek event. Chrit Cm Chrit Cox Not Wet but Wild Aden llird

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(To Left) Students cool off in the quad by taking a plunge on the synthetic water slide (a.k.a. garbage bag rubber) as part of the annual Watermelon Bash celebration. This ritualistic practice is often done bagless, a less professional method of getting soaked. (Below) Unity is a common theme in the minds of the diverse students which make up Carnegie Mellon, this being displayed by a tight-knit group during Watermelon Bash. (To Left) Among the highlights of the Watermelon Bash was Mark Berlove's attempt to use a watermelon wedge as a telephone. Although he finished the watermelon before the call went through, he is currently in negotiations with AT T. Jmi Kaplan 13

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Students show off their unique toga wear at Pi Kappa Alpha's Isle of Pikia party. Rudi Berk is held captiue with two little sisters, Sara and Lauren, at Delta Tau Delta's Heaven and Hell party-poor Rudi! Toga women soak in the moonlight (as well as the alcohol) on the porch of Pi Kappa Alpha. Smile! says the photographer to the subjects as they pose for the cover shot of Toga Today. CtirU Cox Chrii Cox