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Membership in sore
By Joan Kirchner
Campus sororities added 254 pledges to their membership
this semester, 30 more than last year's 224-pledge total.
According to Reba Hull, Panhellenic Association rush
director, the increase in pledges allowed six of the nine active
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sororities made their quota.
The sororities that made their quotas this year were Alpha
Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa
Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha.
"I FELT rush was very successful this year," Hull said.
"We pledged more girls than last year, and the whole attitude
during rush was better since it was not held during
classes."
Many sorority officers agreed that having rush the week
before classes contributed to its success because sorority
members could put all of their concentration into rush
without worrying about classes.
"I think it's an PYrpllpnt tn hnlrl rnch hnfnro nlaccoc
start," said Julie Busch, coordinator of Greek Affairs. "The
number one mission of the university is academics, and
having rush during classes is an interference."
Kelly ftyan, president of Kappa Delta, said more women
might be attracted to rush if it was held later, but agreed that
in the long run it is better to have rush earlier.
BECAUSE OF the early rush date, rush was publicized
during the summer. Freshman women were notified through
parties, brochures, invitations and fliers. When dorms
opened, rush committees set up tables in women's dorms so
those interested could sign up late.
Busch said she plans to work closely with rush committees
and sororities to make more improvements next year and to
ensure that all nine active sororities make their quotas.
Alpha Omicron Pi, a sorority that went dormant last year
when all but two of its members graduated, made an unsuccessful
attempt to regain active status this year. Ac
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Reba Hull, Panhellenic Association rush director, said
she is satisfied with this year's fall rush.
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unsuccessful at reaching the sorority's pledge goal.
"I think people, especially freshmen, are scared to start
something new," Hull said. "They would rather join a group
that has already been here."
UNLIKE FRATERNITIES, sororities do not have a formal
second rush in January. Those sororities that did n<5t make
their quotas can continue to hold open rush throughout the
year.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Defying predictions, college
enrollment will increase as much as 2 percent again this
fall because of an influx of part-time and older students,
the National Center for Education Statistics said.
The NCES has been one of the most consistent
predictors of dramatic decreases in college enrollments,
pinning its projections to the number of 18- to 24-year-olds
in the population ? traditionally the prime age bracket
for college enrollment.
In 1980, NCES said college enrollment would peak in
1981 at 11.7 million students, then begin a steady decline
lasting through the 1980s.
But 1981 enrollment topped 12.3 million.
THIS YEAR, NCES said enrollment will hit 12.5 million.
The agency now predicts enrollment will begin a slow
descent in 1984, leveling off at about 12 million by 1990.
NCES said the main reason for the increase is a surprising
upsurge in the number of older and part-time
students entering college.
"The cpllege-age population did peak in 1981, just as we
predicted," explained Dr. Vance Grant, director of
NCES's annual back-to-school forecast. "What we weren't
counting on were so many older students coming back to
school."
The 18-to-24-year-old group swelled to 29.5 million
people last year, but will decline by half-million increments
roughly every two years, to 25 million by 1990,
Grant said.
"TEN YEARS ago nobody would have guessed we'd
have as many older students as we do now," he explained.
"So while we'll be getting fewer and fewer full-time,
traditional students, that decrease will be offset by the
influx of non-traditional enrollees."
Grant said that two-year community colleges will get
most of those students. Another recent study predicted a 4
percent population boom for two-year schools this fall.
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