Tag: fraternity recruitment

Campus and community news for the week of Feb. 13, 1998.

There are few events on campus that students can count on year after year. There are always those few special things that no one can take away from the student body. No matter what the budget looks like, there are some events that students actually become excited about and want to participate in Greek rush is one of those things. But what happens when rush is held and no one decides to bite on the Greeks' lines?

Rush week has become synonymous with opportunity in both the campus society as well as in the fraternity and sorority communities. During the week-long period of rush, a prospective rushee possesses the chance to become part of an organization that offers many benefits through its Greek affiliation and representation.

Every semester dozens of students from the University of La Verne sign up for rush while feelings of anticipation and curiosity fill their minds. They often wonder if they are the "type" to be in a sorority or fraternity and what benefits could result from being a member. The time has come once again to answer these questions, the biggest one of all being, "What is rush?"

For the past two semesters, Delta Sigma Phi fraternity has, on several occasions, acted with blatant contempt for the University, its students and its mission statement.

Scandal recently stifled Rush when it was brought to the attention of junior Joe Martinez, fraternity Rush coordinator, that a Delta Sigma Phi member had given a potential rushee a flier that portrayed a scantily-clad woman. The flier went on to discuss the partying credentials of Delta Sigma Phi.