By adding a night of Wednesday rush, the Interfraternity Council has saved itself from doing a regrettable disservice. Until last night, this year's rush regulations only allowed one night of open rush, to be followed by two nights of invitation-only events.
Last night six senior women participated in a panel discussion on the Greek system, a valuable exercise in improving the sorority system. The women shared their personal experiences with audience members, but those women who would have benefited most from the speakers were, for the most part, not there. The audience was made up mostly of other senior women, who were eager to discuss their own impressions of the system and answer questions they had about the system while participating in it. But on the eve of the first day of sorority rush, the number of '96 women in theaudience was conspicuously low. The number of audience members and their eager questions after the event show the value of students advising each other about the benefits and pitfalls of the sorority system.
When members of the Class of 1997 gathered in Leede Arena for their first class meeting Saturday night, the men and women of Dartmouth were greeted by Dean of Students Lee Pelton.
"Are you an upperclassman?" the young woman asked the man in Thayer Dining Hall. The wisdom in his spectacled eyes must have given him away. "I am a clueless 'shmen," she admitted.