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Fraternities, sororities recruit members
By Kristen Smith

Staff Writer

Within the student body at Missouri Southern exists four groups of students who share the common bond of sisterhood and brotherhood.

These students dedicate a week early in the fall semester to encourage others to share the same experience. Signs are posted throughout campus while members of these sororities and fraternities invite students to Rush events and recruitment activities.

It is a very important year for Rush, and we are all really excited because we have been working really hard all summer, said Stacy Howell, junior Zeta Tau Alpha.

It is an important year for the Greek Community as it works to increase the participation and enthusiasm for Greek Life at Southern.

The sororities on campus, Alpha Sigma Alpha and Zeta Tau Alpha, team up during Rush Week, which took place Sept. 3-6. Women interested in joining one of the sororities attended the events in order to get to know the members of each sorority and participate in activities. As the week progressed, the interested persons had the opportunity to decide which group of they had most in common with. The rushees decide which sorority they would like to join, and on the last night of Rush Week, called Bid Day, rushees find out which sorority they have been invited to join.

The fraternities took an entirely different approach in learning more about their potential brothers. From August 24 through Sept. 5, Kappa Alpha held various recruitment activities for all male students interested in joining a fraternity. Activities such as paintball, barbecues and bowling offered a chance to get to know the men of Kappa Alpha.

Sigma Pi has also offered recruitment activities since August 29 and will finish on Wednesday.

We have a lot of younger guys rushing this year than we have in the past, said John Daigle, Sigma Pi senior. We are excited about that.

The Greek community targets freshmen to join its organizations. When freshmen join a sorority or fraternity, they bring new ideas. Sigma Pi has sponsored activities such as golf, sand volleyball and a Casino night.