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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna
I believe they are all inviting high school seniors to visit throughout the senior year. Even the sororities. The sororities also send notes all year to their top rushees. Illegal? YES. But still done.
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While it may be "illegal" for NPC sororities to recruit (rush) throughout the (high school) senior year and send notes etc., the NIC allows their member fraternities to do so.
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NIC Resolution
Resolution on Recruitment
WHEREAS, undergraduate membership in NIC member fraternities has declined since 1989; and
WHEREAS, the NIC and its member fraternities have long advocated a model of year-round unrestricted recruitment; and
WHEREAS, many campuses and fraternity chapters continue to recruit new members only during limited times throughout the year; and
WHEREAS, use of the term "rush" has become associated with a time-specific effort to attract new members to a fraternity chapter that is passive in nature; and
WHEREAS fraternity membership has declined despite the NIC and its member fraternities implementing a variety of educational initiatives including the Fraternity Forum model;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT The NIC and its member fraternities move from a rush model to a recruitment model based on an unrestricted, year-round commitment to actively seeking prospective members who share our commitment to fraternal values including scholarship, leadership and service; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT The NIC and its member fraternities develop resources and educational forums to teach undergraduate and alumni members how to actively engage in year-round recruitment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT The NIC and its member fraternities call on campus fraternity advisors and IFC leaders to implement a recruitment model that provides unrestricted opportunities for students to join fraternities.
Approved by the NIC House of Delegates, December 7, 1996
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