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A Panhellenic event in which the recruitment rules are very specifically reviewed and punishments are covered is a good idea, especially if the sorority responsible sponsors it. It's often a handful of members that cause the problems, not the entire chapter so it might be worth your time to hold a meeting with some of that chapters advisors and officers to see if this is the case and to help them find a way to deal with these individual members so that their entire chapter isn't punished next year for bad behavior of a few. Building Panhellenic spirit is also a good idea. I've been on my campus Panhellenic council before and we agreed that the fierce competition and ill will between some of the chapters was an underlying cause because there was a general lack of respect. Having Panhellenic events and requiring chapters to attend could help women meet friends in other sororities and have more respect for one another so that they might actually feel some shame for cheating, which hurts the other sororities. Point out that cheating is for people that don't think they can win on their own merits and know they aren't good enough to win without undermining the competition.
My take on dirty rushing is that it doesn't matter WHAT you do, there will always be some girls that think it's worth the risk and will find a way to do it, and most of the time find a way to get away with it, too. Hopefully you can find a solution, but if nothing else, remember that it's likely a case of a few perpetrators or ring leaders and eventually they'll be out of the picture.
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