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There are no formal rules (yet) at UCR as to whether sorority women (or any women for that matter) may participate in fraternity rush, but it happens all the time. IFC rush is usually the weekend after formal NPC recruitment, so most of the sorority chapters will gather all the girls, including new members, and attend Theme Parties together (usually, all sororities participating will go to each fraternity- otherwise it shows too much preference on the sorority's behalf). Some fraternities, particularly one very strong chapter, have started not allowing women at the IFC rush events at all. Which is fine because they know they're getting guys based on brotherhood and their own recruitment skills- not on the ladies they hang out with and what the ladies have said to persuade potential bros.
As for "informal" rush event parties for the guys (right before formal rush), girls will usually talk up the chapter to the rushees, as a courtesy to the guys they support. The guys at these parties are usually gung-ho whatever chapter they're at anyways, but it usually helps to see an outside perspective and they rushees aren't told that if they get a bid, they'll have any support whatsoever from a particular sorority chapter (did that make sense?). So if Joe Blow is rushing ABC fraternity, and I happen to know the entire chapter and give the fraternity a lot of good PR when I'm talking to Joe at one of their parties, the university and IFC won't consider it "dirty rushing" or anything of the sort. The university and IFC tend to not care what the ladies do or say regarding rushing potential fraternity men- so long as the guys rush, that's all that's bothered with.
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