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Charges Of Mismanagement
Judge Roy Barrera Jr., campaigning for the Texas
attorney general’s office Friday at the Brazos
County Courthouse, charged that Attorney Gen
eral Jim Mattox has mismanaged public funds. Cit
ing a report by the office
reta said Mattox had mis
$400,000 in federal f unds for child sljJ
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FALL RUSH ‘86
Dry rush not deterring
pefsicou A&M fraternity growth
By Mary Ann Fisher
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The raising of the legal drinking
age may have decreased the number
of students in local clubs, but it
hasn’t affected the number of men
going through fraternity rush.
"I’ve never seen so many guys
going through rush,” John Whi
taker, a member of Sigma Alpha Ep
silon, says.
This year fraternities have volun
tarily decided to cpiit serving alcohol
at their rush parties because the le
gal drinking age has changed to 21.
Spencer McClung, a member of
the Kappa Alpha fraternity, says fra
ternities are spending money on
other things, such as prizes for a ca
sino night.
Blake Harrison, Interfraternity
Council rush chairman, estimated
that about 500 men are participating
in rush this year. Fraternity rush be
gan Aug. 30 and ends Sept. 15.
Harrison says the lack of alcohol
at rush parties has forced fraterni
ties to be more creative when they
entertain rushees. Now they have to
work harder to get rushees genui
nely interested in their groups, he
says.
Whitaker says, “We are getting
guys that are a lot more interested in
the fraternities themselves instead of
Harrison agreed the change has
improved rush.
“The guys are using their brains
more to come up with good ideas for
parties,” he says.
Harrison, a member of Kappa Al
pha, says his fraternity organized a
trip to Louisiana Downs.
Other *s various fraterni
ties have planned include a trip to
the rapids in New Braunfels, a pic
nic, a water-ski trip, an ice-cream
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uni for the increased
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students (luting Minin)
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just partying.
McClung says, “The lack of alco
hol at rush parties has helped the
fraternal system as a whole. It helps
fraternities get to know the rushees
better without so many distractions.”
Sororities unaffec
by new drinking ad
Sorority rush, which ran from
Aug. 26 to Aug. 31, was not af
fected bv the change in the legal
drinking age since alcohol was
never a part of sorority rush, sa\s
Shanon Rust, co-chairperson foi
the Panhellenic Council.
The Panhellenic Council is the
governing body which coordi
nates and regulates sororities.
Rust says the major change in
sorority rush was that this was the
first year rushees attended par
ties by invitation onh.
parties as they wantedio b
invitations.
Also this year, Rust
In the past, sorority rush had
an open-house policy whereby
rushees could attend as many
1
number of parties vtas.!
Rushees could attend ml
pat tics on Fuesdav.six
dav. three on Friday and
Saturday.
She sa\ s the numberof
participating in rush ik:
about 5K0, is more than!
fore.
After a week ol soron
parties and activites, <
match 530 rushees sipc
erence cards listing in os
three sororities that thn
most like to join.
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