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Seller's Market

It was evident last year that
Rush was becoming more of a
seller's market. That is, rushees
could be more selective. In the past
fraternities had done all the selecting
with rushees fighting for the
limited number of bids.

An added feature to fraternity
life this year will be the new initiation
procedure. For the first time
pledges with a 2.00 average first
semester may be initiated after
spring vacation. Previously, pledges
had to have a cumulative average of
2.00 for a minimum of two semesters.
In previous years this meant
pledges could not be initiated until
they came back September.

This is not to say that fraternities
are obligated in any way to
initiate their pledge class at this
earlier time.