Brown and White Vol. 99 no. 26

              by robert dellinger news writer changes in sorority rush offer bids to more rushees the sorority rush process is a lot different from fraternity rush it is more like a series of formal job interviews krispin wagoner greek affairs coordinator happening any more beck also said that this rush was less stressful than last year's the war last year created a lot of tension between all the sororities due to the fact that everyone had an emotional tie to what was occurring in the middle east beck said this year things went smoothly because we had no dis tractions joan monaco 93 president of al pha gamma delta felt that many good things came out of the changes but also believes rush is not perfect the new system helped more rushees get bids monaco said yet it seemed to hurt some houses in the process according to wagoner the changes benefited the system for the most part plans for extending the rush period be fore first cuts are in the works for next year this year's rush showed that all eight sororities are strong and stable wagoner said b&w photo by jason stanford eric bogosian signs autographs after his performance in packard auditorium wednesday night see story on page 11 the brown ana white vol 99 no 26 friday january 31 1992 changes in the social policy may lead to byob lehigh university plained that being a troubled school meant that lehigh did not follow national policies set up by the fraternity insurance purchasing group fipg the fipg volpicelli noted was a group formed by most national fraternities this group took out an insurance police with lloyd's of london to provide coverage for their local chapters lloyd's recognizing that fraternities are one of the most risky areas to insure said it would provide insurance to the fipg if the group met three criteria no open parties no purchasing of alcohol with chapter funds and no kegs jeff goldberg 92 former president of the interfraternity council and a member of see closed page 4 at one time may not exceed the fire codes of that house and anyone inside the party at any time must wearthat house sdesignated wrist bracelet the number of bracelets that each chapter receives will be equal to that house s fire code and no guest may leave the party without returning the wrist bracelet to the chapter writers of the policy do not apologize for its strictness members of the ifc emphasize its importance philip volpicelli 92 former vice president of the ifc and a member of delta sigma phi fraternity saw it as necessary what really brought it home to lehigh was a report done by the national interfraternity council which listed lehigh as a troubled school said volpicelli when we read that we had to do something before something was done to us volpicelli ex this is part one of a two-part series of the changing social policy at lehigh by adam schildkraut sports desk editor only five years ago the lehigh univer sity administration bought kegs for the fresh men halls all parties were open freshmen if they didn t t know how to already , learned to drink going drunk to economics 1 during greek week and lehigh-lafayette were not frowned upon by other students in fact it was expected times however change with the cur rent closed party policy now in existence for half a semester the administration and the interfraternity council have begun to mold lehigh into a campus that at least to outsid ers seems to be following all the rules and losing all the fun social options for lehigh students have changed with the times but not without concerns and complaints the change really began on march 19 1991 . following pressure from the adminis tration and faculty as well as its national fraternities lehigh's interfraternity coun cil then composed of 30 members passed the current closed party policy the policy has several main points to eliminate open parties chapters are required to submit a list of no more than 250 people who will be allowed to attend any given party chapters will be allowed to add no more than 50 new people to this list additionally the chapter must keep a separate list for alumni which alumni must sign before entering the party for crowd control the amount of people inside the party came and went smoothly due to the changes initiated by greek affairs co ordinator krispin wagoner the intentions were to make the system as fair as possible for both sorori ties and rushees wagoner said the changes in the present system were based on the national panhellenic council's rush release figures formula in which a ratio based on figures for the past three years determines the number of women sororities could invite back for each round of rush according to wagoner the key to the success of the new program was that cuts were made early in rush the early cuts led to smaller parties which became more intimate than last year's gather ings they also generated a better focus for rushees and sororities the sorority rush process is a lot different from fraternity rush wag oner said it is more like a series of formal job interviews panhel's rush director rachel beck 92 said the council implemented new rules to keep rushees off of the hill during rush and eliminate dirty rush especially promising bids to rushees in the past too many girls have been strung along until preference night and then not received bids beck said we wanted to make sure that it wasn't sorority rush came to a grinding halt saturday with lehigh's eight sororities congratulating their newly selected pledges although the 10-day rush schedule was no less grueling for both sisters and rushees than in past years the 1 992 rush gloria m bower university libraries nn -> cc a fairchilo/martindale libr nc.ooba is religion a thing of the past page 9