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Iowa Greek Express, 1971
The Iowa Greek Express, Vol. 3 Page 7
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HOMETOWN SENIORS COMING TO IOWA BY DEBBIE FREUNDL This weekend, March 19th through the 21st, the University of Iowa Greeks will host high school seniors in an informative and fun-filled orientation to the Greek system and other activities available here at Iowa. The Greek Interaction Committee has been organizing this weekend along with many other promotional projects for the past several months. Their main objective is to unite all the sororities and fraternities in hopes of strengthening the Greek system.Through these activities, the goal is to promote and introduce the Greek life to prospective Iowa students. Members of the individual houses have invited high school seniors from their home towns to be their guests for the weekend. The planned activities begin Friday night with round house parties at four houses, each house having a band. Saturday morning, the individual houses are free to plan their own entertainment for their guests, which may range from brunches to campus tours. Campus activities for the day include the annual Refocus exhibit and films, and for that evening, CUE is sponsoring the Grateful Dead in a concert at the field house. Sunday a Thieves Market will be held in conjunction with Refocus, and it will conclude the weekend. The Greek Interaction Committee has also planned another high school weekend for April 3, 4, and 5. However, this weekend will be more centrally organized with guests appointed to specific houses. If these weekends are successful, the freshmen will enter the University next fall with a better outlook on the Greek system and thus make for a stronger Greek life. IFC SPONSORS FRATERNITY EVALUATION CONFERENCE BY BILL BOEYE On Saturday, March 13 the Interfraternity Council, under the watchful and helpful eye of Barry Lyerly, sponsered a Fraternity Evaluation Conference for the benefit of Iowa's Greek system. The IFC, realizing that change is a must when growth is desired, through this conference reevaluated the system's rush programs and pledge education. IFC arranged for men from the national fraternity scene to team up with Robert Casse, assistant vice provost of the University, to speak on separate areas of fraternity life. Barry Sigel, executive secretary of Zeta Beta Tau National Fraternity presented the keynote address on the transition to a new type of rush. Following the keynote speech smaller meetings were held at individual fraternity houses. Instruction was given by Jerry Lilly, advisor to fraternities at Kansas State University, on summer rush; Harvey Logan, executive secretary of Acacia National Fraternity, on pledge education; and Casse, on the relevance of fraternities on the Iowa campus. Each guest presented his program four separate times at four different fraternities. By this method, the participating Greeks could attend each session at a different house thereby promoting Greek interaction. Recruiting teams to travel in Iowa For the first time there is an organized public relations effort by the Greek system to recruit and inform high school students and administrators. Leon spies, Sigma Pi, who is directing the high school orientation effort, said that groups of volunteers will go to selected high schools in Iowa to provide programs for the students and administrators to acquaint them with the Greek system. Most of the teams will be active in April, and will probably be composed of two representatives each from IFC and Pan-Hellanic Council. About 30 to 40 high schools are being contacted with the aid of Roberty Leahy, directory of admissions. Larry Audelhelm, Delta Chi, is recruiting volunteers from the fraternities, and Sue Cardoman, Tri-Delt, is covering the sororities. Cardoman said the new program will bring the Greek system closer to the high school students in their initial stage of contact with the Greeks. She said that very few girls went out for rush last fall, and added that many high school students now hold an image of the Greeks as being expensive, snobbish, centered on a few interests, and subject to petty rules. Spies said the aim of the project is to re-introduce the greek system to the high schools, which he said have previously received most of their information through second-hand channels. The program will also act to increase participation in the Greek system among the high school seniors who will come to the University of Iowa. Spies expects the program to generate enough return to be worth repeating in future years.
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HOMETOWN SENIORS COMING TO IOWA BY DEBBIE FREUNDL This weekend, March 19th through the 21st, the University of Iowa Greeks will host high school seniors in an informative and fun-filled orientation to the Greek system and other activities available here at Iowa. The Greek Interaction Committee has been organizing this weekend along with many other promotional projects for the past several months. Their main objective is to unite all the sororities and fraternities in hopes of strengthening the Greek system.Through these activities, the goal is to promote and introduce the Greek life to prospective Iowa students. Members of the individual houses have invited high school seniors from their home towns to be their guests for the weekend. The planned activities begin Friday night with round house parties at four houses, each house having a band. Saturday morning, the individual houses are free to plan their own entertainment for their guests, which may range from brunches to campus tours. Campus activities for the day include the annual Refocus exhibit and films, and for that evening, CUE is sponsoring the Grateful Dead in a concert at the field house. Sunday a Thieves Market will be held in conjunction with Refocus, and it will conclude the weekend. The Greek Interaction Committee has also planned another high school weekend for April 3, 4, and 5. However, this weekend will be more centrally organized with guests appointed to specific houses. If these weekends are successful, the freshmen will enter the University next fall with a better outlook on the Greek system and thus make for a stronger Greek life. IFC SPONSORS FRATERNITY EVALUATION CONFERENCE BY BILL BOEYE On Saturday, March 13 the Interfraternity Council, under the watchful and helpful eye of Barry Lyerly, sponsered a Fraternity Evaluation Conference for the benefit of Iowa's Greek system. The IFC, realizing that change is a must when growth is desired, through this conference reevaluated the system's rush programs and pledge education. IFC arranged for men from the national fraternity scene to team up with Robert Casse, assistant vice provost of the University, to speak on separate areas of fraternity life. Barry Sigel, executive secretary of Zeta Beta Tau National Fraternity presented the keynote address on the transition to a new type of rush. Following the keynote speech smaller meetings were held at individual fraternity houses. Instruction was given by Jerry Lilly, advisor to fraternities at Kansas State University, on summer rush; Harvey Logan, executive secretary of Acacia National Fraternity, on pledge education; and Casse, on the relevance of fraternities on the Iowa campus. Each guest presented his program four separate times at four different fraternities. By this method, the participating Greeks could attend each session at a different house thereby promoting Greek interaction. Recruiting teams to travel in Iowa For the first time there is an organized public relations effort by the Greek system to recruit and inform high school students and administrators. Leon spies, Sigma Pi, who is directing the high school orientation effort, said that groups of volunteers will go to selected high schools in Iowa to provide programs for the students and administrators to acquaint them with the Greek system. Most of the teams will be active in April, and will probably be composed of two representatives each from IFC and Pan-Hellanic Council. About 30 to 40 high schools are being contacted with the aid of Roberty Leahy, directory of admissions. Larry Audelhelm, Delta Chi, is recruiting volunteers from the fraternities, and Sue Cardoman, Tri-Delt, is covering the sororities. Cardoman said the new program will bring the Greek system closer to the high school students in their initial stage of contact with the Greeks. She said that very few girls went out for rush last fall, and added that many high school students now hold an image of the Greeks as being expensive, snobbish, centered on a few interests, and subject to petty rules. Spies said the aim of the project is to re-introduce the greek system to the high schools, which he said have previously received most of their information through second-hand channels. The program will also act to increase participation in the Greek system among the high school seniors who will come to the University of Iowa. Spies expects the program to generate enough return to be worth repeating in future years.
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