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Colorado State Greek Life Officials weigh in on deferred rush in this excerpted article from the CSU student newspaper:
Rocky Mountain Collegian
Colorado State University
October 4, 2004
CSU Greek Life: Postponing Rush won't solve problems
by Megan Read
At his annual "state of the campus" speech
Tuesday, University of Colorado-Boulder
Chancellor Richard Byyny announced that CU
freshmen will no longer be able to rush
fraternities or sororities during the fall
semester, or possibly until their sophomore year.
Byyny's announcement came shortly after the
alcohol-related death of CU student Lynn Gordon
Bailey, a Chi Psi fraternity freshman pledge.
Byyny's said that by delaying Rush until second
semester, freshmen students will be able to
experience college life for the first time
without feeling the pressures of rushing.
CSU's director of Greek Life, Mark Koepsell,
disagrees with Byyny's decision to postpone Rush
until second semester and does not think it will
solve various alcohol problems that are
associated with some fraternities and sororities.
"Deferred recruitment is only something to
consider if the fraternity or sorority chapter is
consistently underachieving academically. I don't
think deferred recruitment will have an impact on
alcohol culture because the situation in Boulder
could have happened first or second semester,"
Koepsell said.
Koepsell also said one of the potential negatives
to postponing Rush is that many of the best
freshmen students may get heavily involved in
other campus activities their first semester.
They might not have time to rush and contribute
to Greek Life their second semester.
Charles Huntsman, CSU's Greek Life vice
president, added that Rush in the fall gets
students heavily involved in campus activities
right away and postponing it until second
semester may discourage that.
"Deferred recruitment might get students more
familiar with the campus, but students who join
Greek Life always get involved immediately,"
Huntsman said.
© 2004 Colorado State Collegian
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