University of Nevada - Artemisia Yearbook (Reno, NV)

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GREEK RUSH Greek rush is held at the beginning of each school year. Two rushes are actually held - the fraternity rush and the sorority rush. The women ' s houses host rush parties the week before school starts. Rush begins Sunday night with a meeting between panhellenic officers and ru- shees . Monday the parties begin. Sorority rush parties are semi-formal, but are relaxed. Monday each rushee is invited to all five houses. The panhellenic office coordi- nates activities to avoid crowding and confusion. The houses all have open house on Monday. Tuesday through Thursday both the sororities and the rushees can decline invitations — either to extend them or to accept them. On these days the sororities present skits. Finally, on Friday, the girls going through rush have narrowed their choice to two houses. They attend a for- mal party at each, then meet with panhellenic to submit their first and second choices. The sororitie submit lists of their first and second choices, too. Bid Day — Satur- day — panhellenic matches and distributes the bids. The pledges then go to their new sorority houses where they are greeted by screaming, cheering sorority sisters. Last year about one hundred and fifty girls joined UNR ' s sororities. Fraternity rush is less formal than sorority rush. The young men going through register with Inter Fraternity Council (IFC). They then have the option of visiting all eight fraternities or any one of the eight. The fraternities have parties each night, usually the week of school, not before. Once a rushee has decided which house he is interested in joining, he rushes only that house — often attending its parties only. At the end of the week each house gives the Assistant Dean of students a list of its new members. The men are not expected to dress up for their parties, nor do they have to visit the houses in any special order. The men ' s rush is less organized than the women ' s, and the men get to know fewer people while going through, but they get to know those people better. UNR fraternities got about 175 new members last year. The Greek rushes are annual events which involve all members of the greek houses — 800 to 900 students. It is through their rushes that the Greek organizations maintain membership.