DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Phil Troyer of DU wheelbarrows Terry Roberts of DG during.the Mini 500 obstacle course. Dave Lane of Beta catches up to the neck-and-neck contest between two other diligent riders Amy Dalton peddles toward the checkered flag, marking the end of the race and victory for Kappa. Phil Hellmich and Rick Eden of ATO shave their legs suppossedly in preparation for the race. Delta Chi rider Dexter displays his elbow injured in warm-ups, thwarting DX's victory hopes. hi r0 'D :S .0 U S :1: Tom Osha 55 L a .C 03 5 CD '0 CE 2 Glenn Romanczuk

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Regret With Interest . . . sororities are also awake, often until two in the morning in hashii tproperly called membership selectiom talking over the rushees. Hash never fails to bring up a new ever-prevalent question among upperclassmen, uWhat did they say about me when I was going through rush? The experience of rush from the ominous other side, graduateing from the ignorant ranks of rushee, is not as simple as it seems. Upperclass Greeks usually return to campus two weeks before classes start, one week of preparation and one week of rush. Rush for them becomes a confusion of committees, chants, and scribbling down between each party what is remembered about each rushee. The number of participants in DePauwls rush stresses its importance. From the 1982 freshman women, 76 did not pledge a house. That is, only 171 freshmen remained independent while 519 went Greek. Statistics like that seem contrary to what Panhei and IFC call their philosophy: Greek life is not for everyone. Of course, with such high participation in the Greek life at DePauw, the system cannot really be exclusive. The pain of rush comes in the exception to that idea and from not being able to actively chose where to belong. Many improvements are in order. First, keeping rushees and the public honestly informed about Greek life is a large task. Panhei and IFC are constantly needing to dispell the misconceptions 0f rush. Contrary to some beliefs, men do not drink beer during rush and not all sororites ask, What does your father do? The idea has been tossed around that rush should last longer than a week - perhaps a whole semester. But others refute 'that this would make rush more competitive, ruthless, and chaotic as reputations set in on houses and people quickly on a small campus. At least, Panhei and IFC have more earnestly been offering dorm life as an option to freshman. Senior Laurie Curry, who is was an independent, served as a rush counselor tsee Senior Sectioni. The Residence Hall Association sponsered a slideshow on dorm life during rush. Such actions enabled freshmen to ask more freely not what house to belong to, but if to belong to a house at all. The Alpha Omicron Pi option relieved some , pressure in sorority rush this year also. One committee proposed that freshman males be required to live in dorms like freshman women their first year at DePauw instead of moving right into the fraternities. The University's rejection of this idea only shows that DePauw,s entire housing system is dependent on the Greeks. In addition to the University, rush also continues to have a tremendous effect on the students. It helps to mold the student's sense of identitiy in addition to the student's sense of DePauw.

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Glen Romanczuk Nader Sharifi The winning Kappa team celebrates as its four riders receive the winning trophee. Bill Oakley passes another rider who is unidentifiable but has great legs. Kappa cheering section watches their riders Turner, Anderson, Morrison, and Dalton. BiII Oakley of Phi Delt. most valuable rider, com- pletes one out of the 117 laps he rode. All the riders take to the track during the men's warm-ups before the race, clad in sweats. Andy Buroker quenches his thirst which he devel- oped while pushing for the Kappa team. Glenn Romanczuk