[Kevin]

I wouldn't mind implementing a few of those rules on my campus. Recruitment on our campus is kind of nuts... it's a question of who can spend the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time (at least it seems that way sometimes).

We have some limited structure: Each potential must visit every house at least once obtaining a stamp for their yellow card that must accompany their signed bid card at the house that they end up at.

There are a few rules, mostly things like "no alcohol at rush events", members/affiliates of one fraternity are not allowed to provide transportation to potentials, etc. Most of these rules are flagrantly violated all of the time.

Despite the system's imperfections, once you know how to work it, you have success. It just creates an environment where many folks rush one house or another for what I would call the wrong reasons.

I would tend to agree that these Iowa rules are a little excessive but I do think that there's a happy medium between having rules and not having rules.