The Inter-Fraternity Council is running a tighter ship during rush this year.
IFC officials said they plan to be more strict about the invite and final hours portions of the rush process, working closely with the Housing Division to ensure that fraternities act in accordance with University policies while extending invites and bids.
During final hours tomorrow night, the 16 IFC board members, along with 14 other men who perform duties for the IFC, including judges and party patrol, will be present in each of the 30 IFC fraternities.
"We want to be there in order to make sure that the rushees have the opportunity to go to all of their choice houses without any interference," IFC spokesperson Scott Cohen said.
Cohen added that the IFC also was involved more in the first days of open house than in previous years, checking rushees off to make sure they were paid for and registered.
"This makes it easier to keep track of the men, rather then having a free-for-all," Cohen said.
Also, the IFC, in conjunction with the Housing Division, now is complying with the official University Housing Division guest policies.
According to the guest policy, no person is allowed to go unescorted into University dorms without a resident of that dorm.
Patrica Amberly, fourth-year College student and co-chair of the residence staff, said the Housing Division's main concern this year was the IFC rush invite process. In the past, fraternity men would "tag or tail" their way into the dorms.
Amberly added that there were not any new rules made this year, but rather that improved communication with this year's IFC President Ryan Ewalt led to a better understanding of Housing policies.
"Although we haven't had any major problems with this in the past, and the fraternity men were always polite, tagging is just against policy," Amberly said.
During the invite process this year, fraternity men instead call the rushees from the blue phones located near the dorms or from their cell phones.
At this point, while being escorted by the resident, the fraternity men are allowed access to the building.
Ewalt said this year, no-contact days are being treated as "dirty rush." The IFC is not allowing the fraternities to hold large events or to leave the city with rushees on those days.
"The point of this is to level the playing field and to make everyone more financially stable," Ewalt said.
IFC officials said the number of registered rushees was up this year and that they have not had any major problems with the rush process thus far.
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