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?" 11 111 iwiwiwNiiii.Wm - The Intrafraternity Council and the ! afternoon. USC fraternities had one o Qnrroccfiil rn WM WWWI Ml w By Joe Cumbie Despite USC's overall decli enrollment, campus fraternities ha< of their most successful rushes in r< years. Several fraternity officers agreed noiamg rusn aner me siari 01 cu was a major influence on the incrc number of pledges. Jay Pitts, president of the US< trafraternity Council, said about 365 pledged-an increase of 80 to 90 pie over last year. Pitts said reasons for the increa new members vary. "This year rush was held a week and we were able to publicize it i more than we were in previous ye he said. J^^I^Tawayforchf m SAVE ON ALL WA 111 TIMEX-CITIZEN-SEIKO-ROLE 1 5 Function Quar Watches Start a H " The Jewelry Wareh R 2y 2909 Piatt Springs Road. W 3102 Broad River Rd, St. Ai Hourt: 9 til 6 Mon-S. I WA Ail USC students, r; terested in competi skiing come to: 1st MEETING i if/-* iv/ATrn r / U3C WAM CIV 91V Thursday, Septembei Room 1 10 P.E. > I Tailgate | ? Party! I Try Our 6 Foot Subs Before The Game! HHMSHE; 'W?l Panhellenic Association sponsored a happy hour on the IV f their most successful fall rushes in recent years. ish increases fraterr Pitts said a football game, pep rally a "Dorm Blitz" helped the frater nities attract many new members that !U( would not have joined otherwise. BC0nt However, Pitts said he gave most of the credit to the fraternity men themthat selves. "The frat men really did a much asses better job this year than they did last jased year. They got out and gave the Greeks a lot of good publicity," he said. 2 In- The fraternities with the most new men members this fall are Pi Kappa Alpha idges and Alpha Tau Omega, both with 36 pledges. In third place is Zeta Beta Tau se in (30) followed by Sigma Phi Epsilon (28), Sigma Nu (27) and Phi Kappa Sigma late, (27). riuch "There was a wide range of new ars," members this year," Pitts said. "Some fraternities got only 11 new members, | 933 Main U ouse B ! 7 99'3 807 ?tdrewl - j Good with this coupon / < xrn ri/icnc ,IEK \ acuity and staff inition and recreational 1 OF ^ I CLUB - 25, iy8i , > Center Sggi 1 I $1.00 OFF i I Any Whole Sub i I or $.50 OFF I | Any Half Sub I _ with the Purchase of I any size soft drink! ! 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