Eastern Kentucky University - Milestone Yearbook (Richmond, KY)

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Left: Crepe paper forms the backdrop for the Delta Zeta rush parties in the Herndon Lounge. Above: Name tags, an important ingredient in getting to know rushees, are prepared by Pi Phi actives. Below: Letters painted on actives ' windows help rushees learn where each sorority is located. Photos by Paul Lambert Student Life 23

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RUSH A Different Opportunity It began innocently enough. A meeting here, a committee there, an interview, and on and on. The preparations began before the last semester ended. Nancy Holt, assistant director of Student Activities said, each sorority submitted a detailed report for their fall rush program by April of the last school year. This let each group get organized over the summer. Many of the sororities did just that by con- ducting summer retreats to work on skits and pre- pare scenery. Those that remained during summer session completed much of the busy work then. In the fall everyone arrived the first day the dorms opened to put the final preparations into action. This offered a special chance for each sorority to renew relationships and catch up on summer news. During these few days floors were decorated, and costumes gathered. Skits were rehearsed again and again. Letters were painted, name tags drawn and cut, balloons blown up, gowns ironed, and can- dles counted. The days begin at 8:00 and may end around midnite. In the girls ' spare time they un- packed and tried to make their rooms convey a mes- sage about themselves. One special group of girls served as Rush Coun- selors — Rho Chi ' s. These girls went before a selec- tion board, completed interviews and attended training sessions during spring semester. The morn- ing of the first rush party they disaffiliated from their sororities. For the next five days they lived in a motel room with another counselor not in their so- rority. They could not speak or even acknowledge anyone in their organization, especially in front of rushees. The Rho Chi ' s purpose was to answer ques- tions rushees had concerning any of the sororities, and taking the girls from party to party. Being Rho Chi ' s gave each girl a chance to see her organization and the others operate from the outside — it in- creases their objectivity concerning their own group, said Nancy Holt. The same process begins again and again. For the many women who go through rush it signifies a new beginning; for the actives, it is a regeneration of their sorority. In the end everyone involved exper- ienced a different opportunity in college life. Below: A Phi Mu completes information cards on rushees before the parties begin.

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SUMMER SCHOOL A Matter of Necessity Your last final is over. Every- thing is packed and stuffed into the car. As you drive out of Rich- mond, you ' ve realized another year has come and gone. Visions of homecooked meals, sleeping late, fun and sun pop into your head. It ' s that three month vaca- tion you ' ve worked nine months for. For some students that isn ' t quite the picture they had in mind. It is business as usual for them in the summer. The next 12 weeks they will spend in in- tersession and summer school classes. Reasons for attendance in summer school are as varied as the 3,754 people who attended last summer. The most obvious reason was lack of jobs; because most busin- esses refuse to hire students knowing that those employees will be lost in the fall. Transfer- ring, program changes, adding minors, and changing majors brought students to the Univer- sity. Graduating on time was the main focus for students such as William McCoy, music education major from Radcliff, Ky Repeating courses to improve grades is an added incentive to attend summer school. The final, and probably the biggest reason people flocked to the University was summer and December graduations. Leesa Woolums, se- nior communication disorders major from Canaan, In. was one of the many August graduates finishing up in summer session. Connie Holbrook, senior busi- ness education major from Win- chester, Ky, came to take that last class before student teaching and December graduation. Still there remains another group of people who attended; teachers who were studying three months out of the year to receive a masters degree and maintain their certification. Lin- da Wilson, who teaches elemen- tary education in Lexington is a good example. Although school was the pri- mary focus of the students, they found fun and sun, and mini-va- cations anyway. When it was all said and done, the necessity of summer school was worth it, even if a 12-week vacation had to be crammed into two. Right: Dr Fred Engle lectures to one of his economics classes during summer school. Many students attended summer session in or- der to raise their GPA or to bring their gradu- ation date closer. 24 Student Life