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“No alcohol” policy makes fraternity rush Sober Up The bands played, the couples danced and the drinks flowed like . . . Coke. It was rush week at UK, with a difference. The difference was a new regula- tion prohibiting alcoholic beverages on fraternity premises during rush week. The regulation, imposed last year by the Interfraternity Council, was put into effect for the first time this fall. Fraternities at UK had for years been using alcohol as a tool for rush, said Lance Pierce, IFC presi- dent. Last year, we in the greek sys- tem decided to sit down and try to realign our priorities a bit. This realignment resulted in a dry rush for UK fraternities. Alcohol was not permitted on fraternity premises from noon Sunday until noon Friday during rush week, Pierce said. The parties were patrolled by members of the IFC, Pierce said. If a fraternity was caught with alcohol on its premises, they would lose voting privileges at IFC, be put on probation during the subsequent semester and be levied a fine of $20 per member, he said. Fraternities do not stand for alco- hol, he said. I personally don't think you need alcohol to have a good party, and I think some of the parties proved that. Pierce, a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, said a non-alcoholic rush had one distinct advantage over its alcoholic counterpart. You don't have to spend half the night talking to someone who's only interested in drinking your beer, he said. Mike Jewell, a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, agreed with that sentiment. We didn't have the beer suckers that have always been around before, he said. Jewell, Phi Delt's rush chairman, said non-alcoholic rush presented a challenge to his fraternity. Obvious- ly, it's harder to attract men into your organization in a dry rush sys- tem, he said. We did a lot of new things designed to attract people to our house. The new attractions included a beach party complete with a back- yard full of sand and a performing belly dancer, he said. Jewell said Phi Delt spent consider- ably less money on this rush than in the past. But Paul Haydon, president of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. You'd think it'd be less expensive without having to purchase liquor, but we ac- tually spent more. Haydon said the Delts spent a lot of their rush budget on food and en- tertainment. We had bands three nights this week, he said. We were asking ourselves, 'What's going to bring the guys to our house?' Although Haydon was pleased with the week's events, he had a complaint about operating under dry rush regulations. I don't really like it, he said. I wish we could go back to the old way. I guess I just liked the old parties. Bemie Kruse, rush chairman at Kappa Sigma fraternity, said he liked the new ones. The parties weren't as packed, but meeting people was so much nicer, he said. With no alco- hol there, you talked to them straight and really got to know them. Kruse said the dry rush was more of a personal thing. We really got personally involved with people. Greg Hoffman, rush chairman at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, said the quality of the guys coming to our parties this year was a lot higher. Guys were interested in the frater- nity, not the beer, Hoffman said. You didn't have to weed through the guys that weren't interested in you this year, said Dave Perry, rush chairman at Pi Kappa Alpha fraterni- ty. We didn't have many problems with that. Perry said he had no complaints about non-alcoholic rush. The whole week was good for us, as far as I'm concerned. He said he also noticed one timeless element at the parties. The girls still came out, Perry said. It shows that the old 'boy-meets-girl' thing still exists at rush parties, re- gardless of whether alcohol is there or not. —John Voskuhl 20 Dry Rush
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Academic Alternatives ciate themselves for the next tour years. We just try to get them out to socialize with everyone on their floors, whether by an ice cream so- cial or an intramural activity. Stereo- types are broken down when people socialize with one another. If they re- late to an individual on a social level, they will relate to them on other lev- els too, he said. Another type of activity that oriented students was sorority and fraternity rush. Rush involved a mu- tual selection process. A student de- termined the assets and detriments of a sorority or fraternity, and the fra- ternity and sorority did the same to the student. Approximately 600 girls partici- pated in sorority rush last fall,” said Jenni Thornberry, Panhellenic rush (chairman. A lot of girls will go through rush just to meet people, but by the end of the week, will want to pledge a sorority. Sorority rush presented a chance for girls to move into their dorms a week early and become oriented to UK's campus sooner than everyone else. Connie Smith, an undecided fresh- man had the opportunity to attend formal sorority rush, which allowed her to move into her dorm one week earlier than the other students. If I had to move in the same week as classes started, I couldn't have got J everything done. I got settled first, f before my roommate got there. When not involved in attending rush parties, Panhellenic provided ac- f- tivities where the girls could relax 4- and unwind from the hectic day. The activities that we plan during the evening or during breaks in the day just basically provide a relaxed atmosphere, and get the girls out of the dorm rooms, Thornberry said. This way, they can meet as many people as possible, away from a structured situation such as rush, Thornberry said. Fraternity rush, although much more informal than its sorority coun- terpart, provided a similar structure to orient students during their first weeks of school at UK. According to Lance Pierce, past In- trafraternity Council president, the first year of dry rush, or rush with- out the use of alcoholic beverages, surpassed everyone's expectations for success. We encountered no out- standing problems, either with the details of implementing dry rush it- self, or with individual chapter atti- tudes toward dry rush, Pierce said. Pierce also commented upon the benefits of an individual participating in fraternity rush. At UK, it's easy to be just one of the crowd. It's a shock to most people to find out they're just a small fish in a big pond, especially after having at- tended a smaller high school. A fra- ternity gives you direction, and gives you a good base from which you can work and expand your horizons in later college years, Pierce said. Whether involved in dorm life, or a sorority or fraternity, UK provided more than just an academic atmo- sphere in which an individual could grow and realize his or her potential. Not everything you learn comes out of the classroom, Smith said. —Julie Schmitt First Week 19
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