Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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

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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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omecoming 87, “A Gathering of the Clans,” began on Friday October 9th. To start off the weekend, the school honored the Golden Anniversary of the class of 1937. Each alumnus was given a gold medallion with the Carnegie Tech emblem. Following this ceremony were the student activities including tricycle races, a powder puff football game, and highlander game events (Scottish games). Friday night was the Homecoming Dinner-Theater, during which Carnegie Mellon music majors entertained reunited friends from the class of ’37 in a show called “Dear Old Tech.” Saturday morning started out with third annual Student-Alumni Five Kilometer Race through Schenley Park. Later that afternoon, the Homecoming Parade began, followed by the football game—Carnegie Mellon vs. Hiram. During half-time, Mr. Varsity, Louis Kudi Halbnthl Csak, and Miss Varsity, Natalie Capone, were crowned. To the disappointment of the Tartan fans, Hiram won the game with a score of 26-20. To conclude the day, a Saturday evening Homecoming Dance was held in the Skibo Ballroom. On Sunday, October 11th, Homecoming weekend finished with a bang. A farewell champagne brunch was given in honor of all alumni present for the celebration. In total, the activities were well attended and Mother Nature-provided us with exceptional weather. Homecoming ’87 will be long remembered as an enjoyable experience for everyone involved.