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Arthur Petron—The Tech Peer2Peer Sorority women prohibited at frat rush National Panhel Conference forbids affiliated women to be ‘rush girls’ hopes to start EstablishedBy Jiaming 1881 Zeng ing “Rush girls,” friends of the sorority sisters are close friends tended to protect sororities’ and Tushar Kamath house that help out with events to the fraternity. He added that single-sex status. The UA X for- during Rush. preventing the sisters from par- bids the participation of Pan- next semester The National Panhellenic Some fraternities’ members ticipating in Rush events “pres- hellenic women “in auxiliary Conference (NPC) recently believed the policy changed ents an incorrect view of [the] groups to men’s fraternities” 24 hour email-based passed a regulation restrict- the atmosphere of Rush com- house for potential members.” and especially participation ing sorority women from par- pared to previous years. Nathan The NPC took a hard stance in men’s formal Rush events. ticipating in fraternity Rush M. Robert ’13, a brother of Phi against Robert’s complaint, cit- The UA X exists to divide men’s support program will events. This especially restricts Sigma Kappa, appealed to the ing the Unanimous Agreement cater to MIT students sorority members from be- NPC, stating that many of the X (UA X), a new restriction in- Rush girls, Page 8

By Janelle Mansfield Associate News editor Sororities give out 173 bids Two years ago, MIT’s long-running Nightline phone service shut down, leaving the campus Panhel condenses period of ‘active’ Recruitment, without an organized peer-to-peer support system. Established 1881 However, an anonymous email-based program, says process & changes well-received by all parties Peer2Peer, is tentatively expected to start operating next semester. By Kath Xu Like Nightline, Peer2Peer will be staffed by MIT Staff Reporter students and is intended to be a “safety net” where SORORITY RECRUITMENT 2012 students can turn when they feel overwhelmed, MIT’s Panhellenic Association offered 173 and a potential “gateway to other student support bids this year, the same number as last year. Elijah Mena—The Tech services,” as Peer2Peer student coordinators Tzi- Alpha Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta gave out 173 BIDS Anne E. C. McCants and William pora R. Wagner ’12 and Isabella S. Lubin ’13 put it. the most bids, with 37 each. Recruitment saw D. McCants will serve as the new Lubin said that when students feel stressed or a slight increase in the number of registrants housemasters of Burton-Conner overwhelmed, “a lot of them don’t feel comfort- this year, with 350 students registered for the 37 this year. able reaching out to Mental or Medical for the first day. Students who registered and stayed ΑΦ first step,” or that they might have a concern that throughout Recruitment went through a five is best addressed by a fellow student. This is where day process, with three days dedicated to mu- Peer2Peer comes into play. It will be an outlet for tual selection and ranking sororities at the end BC gets new Institute-induced stress — a “safeguard against of the day. ΚΑΘ 37 feeling alone,” said Evan Waldheter, one of the doc- The Tech has contacted the MIT Interfrater- tors from MIT Mental Health who works on the nity Council (IFC) for bid numbers, but as of housemasters program. the deadline for this article, they have not re- The McCants family Although Peer2Peer is similar to the previous sponded with statistics on the results of Rush. ΣΚ 36 Nightline service with respect to its volunteer staff returns to dorm row and peer-based support services, the similarities Reactions from students end there. “We are not trying to reopen Nightline. “My favorite part was getting to meet so By Rachel Agyemang This is a service that has been built from the ground many cool people and seeing what the sorori- 33 up,” said Wagner. ties were really about,” said Christina K. Bray ΑΧΩ Burton-Conner #111, the housemas- Peer2Peer hopes to increase student usage ’16, who participated in Recruitment. “It’s a lot ters’ apartment, has new residents. On from that of Nightline using what Wagner calls the easier to learn about them by talking to people Aug. 31, the new housemasters, history “low barrier” email platform. Rheinila Fernandes, 30 Professor Anne E. C. McCants and her also from MIT Mental Health, notes some students Sorority recruitment, Page 13 ΠΒΦ husband, William D. “Bill” McCants, a may feel more comfortable communicating online senior attorney with the Office for Civil rather than via phone call. “The main objective is Rights in the U.S. Department of Educa- just to increase accessibility to students who may tion, moved into their new home. They not otherwise feel comfortable reaching out,” said follow Professor Merrit Roe Smith and Waldheter. Items go up for grabs 11 a.m. at http://career-fair.mit.edu to Bronwyn M. Mellquist, who stepped Peer2Peer will also operate 24/7 thanks to the In Short — 1 p.m. prepare for the Career Fair! down after eight years. Minor completion forms online model. According to Wagner, Peer2Peer The McCants are no strangers to are due this Friday for final- student volunteers will spend “two to three hours Representatives from Bal- Head to List Visual Arts dorm row. They served for 10 years as term seniors. Turn them in, or a week answering emails” at any time of the day, four will be on campus this Center Friday for a second the housemasters for Green Hall starting face a $50 late fee! and students who write to Peer2Peer can expect Thursday and Friday to han- chance to borrow art. First in 1992 when it was a graduate women’s an answer within a few hours. Students interested dle servicing issues with your come, first serve! dorm. In 2002, when Simmons Hall first Choose to reuse! Drop off in volunteering can email [email protected] for Brass Rats. opened, the McCants were expected to your old things at Stata be- more information. Send news information and assume the role of housemasters there, ginning 8 a.m this Thursday. Drop your resume online tips to [email protected]. Peer2Peer, Page 6 BC housemasters, Page 14 rlad process polling the nation having a ball sports shorts! SECTIONS World & Nation ��2 Yost’s update on the State of the Race. Highlights from the MIT Check out a quick not a failure Opinion ��4 opinion, p. 4 Ballroom Dance Concert. recap of some MIT A rebuttal to The Tech ’s Campus Life ��10 photo, p. 9 events this week. August 31 editorial. service and community Fun Pages �� 11 opinion, p. 4 sports, p. 16 Sports ��16 How sorority life led me to Oak Ridge, TN. campus life, p. 10 2 The Tech Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Bomb threat against Louisiana D campus spurs evacuation UN reports sharp jump in Thousands of people were evacuated from the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge on Monday after a telephoned bomb threat, the fourth such evacuation on a col- attacks on Syrian civilians lege campus in four days. The threat to LSU was called in to the 911 dispatcher for East By Hwaida Saad against those responsible. police station there in June, they

worl Baton Rouge Parish at 10:32 a.m., and the campus was evacu- and Nick Cumming-Bruce The report, completed last killed two snipers on the roof. The ated within an hour, said Herb Vincent, a spokesman for the The New York Times month, said that both anti- and fighters, referring to an opposition

n university. pro-government forces had com- group of army defectors known as “No specifics given, but we deemed it necessary to evacu- BEIRUT — With the Syrian con- mitted war crimes and crimes the Free Syrian Army, explained ate,” he said, adding that although the school has 29,000 flict reported to be spilling into the against humanity. Pinheiro said that “everyone saw that they had students enrolled, it was difficult to say how many were on Lebanese border area on Monday, that the evidence, including names been shooting at us and killing FSA campus. U.N. investigators said civilians of people and units, could support fighters, so there was no need for a The authorities were still searching buildings late Monday were bearing the brunt of indis- action by national or international trial.” but were allowing people into residential buildings and dining criminate air and ground assaults courts. Underscoring the reach of the atio facilities, which had been cleared. in the fighting over the future of A report released on Monday conflict and its regional perils, On Friday, bomb threats were called in to three other col- President Bashar Assad. by Human Rights Watch, based in Lebanon’s Ministry of Informa- leges around the country, including the University of Texas at The report was presented to New York, raised further concerns tion said that the Syrian Air Force Austin. In all three cases, campus wide evacuations were or- the U.N. Human Rights Council in about rights abuses by anti-gov- raided an area near the Syrian- dered, police officers conducted sweeps, and students, faculty Geneva by Paulo Pinheiro, the Bra- ernment fighters. The group docu- Lebanese border at about noon on and staff returned hours later. zilian investigator leading a U.N. mented 12 cases of extrajudicial Monday, but there were no reports The FBI is investigating whether the threats are related, a commission of inquiry. Pinheiro or summary executions by groups of casualties. The raid lasted for bureau spokesman in Washington said. said that there had been a sharp linked to the opposition, including about three minutes, the ministry

& N —Campbell Robertson and Manny Fernandez escalation in indiscriminate at- four killings in the town of Haffa by said in a statement. The New York Times tacks by government forces against members of the Ansar Mohammed The attack near the Lebanese civilians, and that the commission battalion. border town of Ersal lasted about Financial strains threaten had collected “a formidable and Battalion members told the three minutes, the Ministry of In- Palestinian authority extraordinary body of evidence” rights group that after storming a formation said.

JERUSALEM — As the Palestinian Authority marks the orld 19th anniversary this month of the signing of the Oslo Ac- cords, the agreement with Israel that brought it into exis- Truth panel in Thailand says tence, the authority is facing a financial crisis that experts say could threaten its future operations and stability. W The International Monetary Fund said last year that the Western-backed authority had built the institutions and conflicts are festering sound fiscal policies for running the economy of a future state. By Poypiti Amatatham 351-page report that laid blame for ticated weapons. Oussama Kanaan, the fund’s mission chief for the West and Thomas Fuller the more than 90 deaths in Bangkok In one of the most anticipated Bank and Gaza, said in an interview that on that count, noth- The New York Times in 2010 on both the powerful mili- findings, the commission said ing had changed. tary and a shadowy group of mili- Khattiya Sawatdiphol, a renegade But there is no state in sight and the Oslo Accords, which BANGKOK — An independent tants, known as black shirts, who general who sided with the protest- were meant as interim arrangements giving the Palestinians commission set up by the Thai hid among protesters. ers, was assassinated by a sniper limited self-rule, have stretched on for nearly two decades, government to investigate deadly “We found the use of weapons most likely located in a building perpetuating what critics say are conditions that are now lim- clashes in Bangkok two years ago of war by officials to control the controlled by the authorities. The iting economic development. warned Monday that conflicts in crowd,” Somchai Homlaor, a mem- shooting of Khattiya, who was pop- The authority needs $400 million in immediate assistance Thai society were still simmering ber of the commission, said at a ularly known as Seh Daeng, led to to cover a gap in its 2012 budget and at has been confronted and that the country risked another briefing in Bangkok on Monday. spasms of violence on the streets of with growing public outrage over austerity measures and “escalation to violence.” The black shirts “cooperated and Bangkok. He was shot while being steep price increases driven largely by outside forces. The Truth for Reconciliation gained support” from some protest- interviewed by a reporter for The —Isabel Kershner, The New York Times Commission of Thailand released a ers, Somchai said, and had sophis- New York Times.

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www.mckinsey.com/careers nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation Tuesday, September 18, 2012 The Tech 3 Proposed quota for women in WORLD & Nati US files trade case against boardrooms is at risk China over cars LONDON — A planned European Union law to impose penal- ties on companies that do not allocate 40 percent of the seats on their boards to women has drawn enough opposition from Brit- By Keith Bradsher The Chinese action appeared to In its WTO filing, the United ain and other countries to face being blocked before it is officially The New York Times be coincidental, as the Chinese gov- States accuses China of providing proposed. ernment seldom responds quickly at least $1 billion worth of subsidies Nine EU countries have signed a letter to the European Com- BEIJING — The United States to trade actions — indeed, the Chi- from 2009 to 2011 for worldwide ex- mission, the bloc’s executive agency, opposing the proposed law, on Monday filed a broad trade case nese commerce ministry statement ports of cars and auto parts. which is scheduled to be published in draft form next month. against China at the World Trade made no mention of the American While $1 billion may sound like The proposal has been championed by Viviane Reding, vice Organization, alleging unfair sub- action. The ministry had no re- a large number, Chinese exports of president of the commission, who has been pressing European sidies for exports of cars and auto sponse all day to questions relayed automobiles and auto parts totaled companies since last year to improve the representation of women parts. by phone and fax in the morning $56 billion during this period, ac- in top management or risk being penalized. on The case comes at a critical time about the American action. cording to Chinese customs data. The signatories argue that although barriers to success for in the U.S. presidential campaign, The case brought by the United So even if China were forced by the women in EU companies are “unacceptable,” national govern- as auto manufacturing states in the States on Monday is the latest sign WTO to reverse the subsidies, the ments should determine what sanctions should be applied to com- upper Midwest like Michigan, Wis- of a greater willingness by Western effect on Chinese exporters’ total panies that fail to improve. WORLD & Nati consin and particularly Ohio have governments to confront China. costs might not be significant. Under EU voting rules, the proposed law requires the support turned into crucial battlegrounds. The American action on trade While China exports virtually no of a weighted majority of member states in a system based broad- But the case may not make any dif- comes just 11 days after the Europe- fully assembled cars to the United ly on the size of a country. The opposition of the nine countries ference in terms of jobs for many an Union agreed to start the world’s States, it has rapidly expanded ex- that signed the letter could therefore be sufficient to scuttle the months, as WTO cases typically largest anti-dumping action ever, ports to developing countries, and proposal. take a year and a half before a final against imports of solar panels from those exports compete to some ex- —Stephen Castle, The New York Times decision is reached, and sometimes China. tent with cars exported from or de- longer. President Barack Obama signed in the United States. In India, maverick chief minister Hours after news of the Ameri- planned to talk about the move Ohio has suffered heavily from can move began to circulate, but Monday during a visit to Ohio, a job losses that have coincided with may bring down coalition before the trade case was actually place where the president is trying surging imports of auto parts from filed in Beijing, China’s commerce to capitalize on his bailout of the China. Auto parts employment in KOLKATA, India — When Mamata Banerjee, a 5-foot-tall dy- ministry announced in a statement auto industry in 2009. A poll by NBC the United States has dropped by namo in flip-flops, finally defeated the Communists last year after on its website that it was filing its News, The Wall Street Journal and about one-half from 2001 to 2010, decades of misrule here, she became one of the most powerful but own WTO case against the United Marist College last week showed as imports from China grew nearly unpredictable politicians in India. Now the country is left to guess States, alleging unfairness in how Obama building a significant lead sevenfold over the same period, ac- whether she will announce Tuesday that she intends to try to pull the United States calculates the over the Republican challenger, cording to data provided by the se- down India’s governing coalition. on penalty tariffs in anti-subsidy cases. Mitt Romney, in Ohio. nior administration official. Banerjee is the chief minister of West Bengal, a state more pop- ulous than Germany, and she leads a regional party with 19 minis- ters in parliament, a crucial bloc of votes for the governing United Progressive Alliance. Indeed, she is so influential that Secretary of WORLD & Nati State Hillary Rodham Clinton paid her a special visit on a recent trip to India, a highly unusual honor for any regional leader. Shell delays arctic oil On Thursday and Friday, the government pushed through several sweeping policy changes, including one that would allow Wal- Mart and Ikea to set up shop in India. Banerjee has repeatedly op- drilling until next year posed plans to open India up to more competition. She is in some ways more leftist than the Communists she replaced. By Clifford Krauss not be able to effectively stop a that Royal Dutch Shell, the par- —Gardiner Harris, The New York Times The New York Times sudden leak in treacherous Arctic ent company, was frustrated in waters, when powerful ice floes one of its most ambitious global Restore Our Future spending $1.5 HOUSTON — With the pros- and gusty winds would complicate endeavors. pect of rich new oil fields in tanta- any spill response. In 2010, the disastrous BP oil million on Romney ads lizing reach, Shell Oil announced But the company received a spill in the Gulf of Mexico stalled on Monday that it was forced to shot of encouragement from the its efforts to win regulatory ap- Mitt Romney may have had a difficult time in the polls in recent put off exploration in the Alaskan Obama administration, which proval. In 2011, delays in getting weeks, but he still has supporters who are bullish about his chances Arctic for yet another year after a defended Shell’s efforts and ex- final approval for an air quality in some states that President Barack Obama won handily in 2008. spill containment dome was dam- pressed the desire to continue permit forced the company to de- Restore Our Future, a super PAC that supports Romney, the Re- on aged during a testing accident. working with the company to open lay drilling. publican presidential candidate, is investing $1.5 million in adver- While the company will per- the Arctic for drilling next year. This year, the company won al- tising in Michigan and Wisconsin, according to a media buyer who form preliminary work this year on Shell expected to receive all most all the regulatory approvals it monitors spending in battleground states. several wells in the region, it will the necessary permits to drill up needed. It recently began drilling The investment suggests that for all the advantages Obama has WORLD & Nati not be able to drill for oil until next to five wells this summer and fall, pilot holes, and it hoped to drill at had coming out of the nominating conventions, Romney can rely summer at the earliest. but equipment problems and per- least one or two exploratory wells on one clear advantage over Democrats: outside groups with much The latest setback in Shell’s six- sistent sea ice forced the company into deep zones that could hold oil more money to spend supporting his candidacy and tactically plac- year, $4.5 billion effort to drill off to cut back its program repeatedly. and gas by the end of October. ing their bets in states where they believe he has a chance to win. the coast of Alaska heartened envi- “It’s a disappointment that this The Alaskan Arctic is one of the Restore Our Future’s $720,000 investment in Michigan is partic- ronmentalists, who have opposed particular system is not ready yet,” great untapped frontiers for off- ularly remarkable. Romney’s campaign and other allies seemed to the drilling program at every turn. Marvin E. Odum, the president shore drilling in the United States. have all but given up on the state, even though the candidate grew Some suggested that Shell’s in- of Shell Oil, said in an interview. Energy experts say the Arctic seas up there and his father, George Romney, was once its governor. The ability to control its containment “We’ve made the call that we are could produce up to 1 million bar- Romney campaign itself, which is running state-specific advertise- equipment in calm waters under better off not drilling in hydrocar- rels of oil a day, roughly equivalent ments in states it apparently considers to be the most in play, left predictable test conditions sug- bons this year.” to 10 percent of current domestic Michigan off that list. gested that the company would It was the third year in a row production. —Sarah Wheaton, The New York Times

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RLADs, Page 5 s away s away - - - 5 OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINION OPINIOn OPinion opinion OPINIOn OpiNION - The Tech In this letter, Alec Lai Alec Lai letter, this In However, the original context for context the original However, clear: be let’s said, “That being Editor’s Note: - sug misleadingly Brinson Austin and editorial maligned Tech ’s gest The that of the RLADs. the character The letter will hope avoid students “We reads AD as the (such judgments simplistic opportunity great ‘a strictly pursuing instead advancement’) and for career focussupportingon pas their more as wewel - students forsion assisting MITcome them to our community.” 31 August Tech ’s The from the quote editorial the following: is the RLADs policy any make did not they and for ask did not decisions, They took controversy. simply any opportunityadvantage of a great for to work and at advancement career institution. world-class incredible, an part now, our community of They’re theyand deserve with to be the treated other any as samedignity respect and should Students member. community engage positively with RLADs and goshould to them for advice- sup and port, if they to.” want - - - - Relevant dorm governments and engaged and engaged dorm governments Relevant - Chancel out, As the editorial pointed has - presi the current is ’13 Brinson D. Austin in the interview process, students have in- have students in the interview process, in their respective the job works on how put an as created and the position was dorms, The students. for support system improved - stu to improvement be a big should role AD adminis and the students but support, dent collaboratively work to continue must tration it. shape to of ADs the role brainstorm should students aid Executive ADs can the Boards, and ways All par and residents. GRTs, housemasters, a new together customize to work ties should while trust residents, support for the system their respective and welcoming ADs to ing with the been happy has Next communities. 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We do not claim the AD process has been has the AD process do not claim We We disagree, as Next House has warmly has House as Next disagree, We support goes that also remember must We perfect; started in had we wish this process weand campus, on wespringwhen the were - involve student been more had wish there However, ADs. in the decision create to ment signs clear shows the process we that believe with interaction in student of improvement involved were Students the administration. welcomed our AD, and we have been jointly weand have welcomedAD, our most is one that the position into developing for the dorm.meaningful ADs for ask residents our can How both ways. support if we don’t support them? The - edito questioned the legitimacyrial Friday last of the and, as a result, their selection process, provide first-and-foremost to intentions AD’s lost were supportand residents the for care - hope stu We arguments. of in their plethora (such judgments simplistic will dents avoid opportu- great “a as the AD strictly pursuing and instead advancement”) nity for career for on supporting their passion focus more as we welcome our them to students assisting MIT community. Concluding Notes The implementation has created more suspicion than support.

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MIT culture. to DSL until the ADs are familiar with the with familiar the the ADs are DSLto until is perfectly reasonable to defer interviews to is perfectly reasonable weeks of their arrival on campus. In fact, it it fact, In weeks of their arrival on campus. widely circulated newspaper within three within newspaper three widely circulated ADs declining interview requests from a a from interview declining ADs requests defer. defer. fall term,” effectively giving them the option to them the option giving effectively fall term,” (DSL) staff during the first few months of the of months few during(DSL) first the staff and present them to Division of Student Life Student of Division to them present and the “opportunity to collect residents’ opinions collect to residents’ “opportunity the the first year of the program would be givenwould of the program year the first were concerned about having an AD during an AD having concerned about were TheTech on June 8, 2012 that the dorms that that 8, 2012 Tech on June The The ADsdeclined interviews with In addition, Chancellor Grimson in addition, Chancellor stated In other topics have all shaped our AD’s role. role. AD’s our all shaped have other topics support roles, RBA implementation, and implementation, RBA support roles, Our suggestions on the time commitment, commitment, time the on suggestions Our and a Next House Director in recent years. years. recent in Director House Next a and Next House has had both a Next House RLA House botha Next had has House Next new system built from scratch. For example, example, For scratch. from built new system evolution of existing support systems, not a of existing supportevolution systems, the AD is an The dormitories. undergraduate in RLA,in allwith staff worked theseand four Tuesday, September Tuesday, 2012 18,

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Must work together to make to together work Must thedorms positionfor meaningful ADsshould be warmly welcomed 6 The Tech Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Peer2Peer Network Email based student support system

Peer2Peer, from Page 1 Division of Student Life (DSL) website. The program was shut down due to a Peer2Peer will begin operating “as lack of traffic from MIT students and too soon as possible,” said Waldheter. The much usage from outside of MIT. Accord- development team expects this to be next ing to the DSL website, Nightline was semester. Wagner and Lubin, both former only receiving one to two calls per week Nightline volunteers, have been working from MIT students at the time of its clos- with staff from all across campus to create ing. One benefit of Peer2Peer is that the a new peer-based support program since system can require certificates or an MIT the closing of Nightline in 2010. email address that will limit the amount of users to just MIT students and facilitate Peer2Peer will limit quick responses. Prior to the development of the Peer- the amount of users 2Peer program, MIT had announced it to just MIT students would contract with a national email- based service, Student SPILL. SPILL has and therefore been used at several schools nationwide, including the University of California, facilitate quick Berkeley and the University of Wiscon- responses. sin, according to Fernandes. However, the students and administrators behind “We’ve met with people from the Di- the planning of the new peer support vision of Student Life, from Student Sup- program decided not to contract with port Services, from housing, from Mental Student SPILL after changes were made and Medical, really people all across the to the business model. “The company is board. … Whatever service we get out of no longer going to be focused on serving this is going to be fully backed by every- college students and is changing their fo- one. It’s going to be the brainchild of so cus to general wellness,” said Lubin. The many different people,” said Lubin. development team instead decided to Nightline, which began running in create a unique service. 1978, operated from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Wagner hopes this program will ad- Elijah Mena—The Tech received calls dealing with “everything dress MIT’s specific needs in terms of Josh Knowles, singer and violinist from the folk rock band “Nemes,” performed last Fri- from roommate troubles to serious calls peer-to-peer support. “It’s exciting to day evening at Fred Fest V. Fred Fest is an annual outdoor concert held at East Campus and involving rape, depression, and suicide,” make something that is ours that we can co-sponsored by WMBR. according to an article published on the really tailor to MIT’s needs,” she said.

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Rush girls, from Page 1 ley, the NPC stated that sororities large number of Rush girls. Be- brothers from Phi Sigma Kappa, their members based on their own and fraternities would lose their cause of the new policy, Phi Sigma and some affiliated and unaffili- interactions, why should women and women’s activities in order to single-sex status, and potentially Kappa had to redesign their Rush ated women are designing a survey have to fill that role? The NPC maintain the single-sex status of their spot on campus, if sororities structure. “We lost about 65 per- that will poll MIT students’ opin- has said that the controversy at sororities. MIT adopted the policy did not adopt the UA X. In their cent of our Rush girls,” said Robert. ions on the matter. However, they hand is not an issue at many other as a recommendation from the email response to Robert, the “It made Rush more difficult be- wish to make clear that this is not schools.” NPC, which came into effect dur- NPC executives cited the Supreme cause we had to work around the a battle of MIT fraternities against Both Thomas A. Anderson ing this Rush period. Court case, Christian Legal Society [lack of] sorority girls.” MIT sororities. It is “us against ’13, MIT’s Interfraternity Council This policy received full sup- v. Martinez, as one of the many that At the same time, a number of a rule without purpose, never president, and Sikka claim that port from each sorority and was could potentially remove sororities freshmen didn’t feel negatively against anyone at MIT,” clarified no concerns, other than Robert’s, voted into effect in November 2011 from campus life if they did not impacted by the newly instituted Robert. have been voiced to their respec- by 26 national delegates represent- strictly adhere to single-sex status UA X. “I had way too much fun at “Personally, I don’t think them tive committees. ing each of the sororities of the rules. all the Rush events,” said Alex X. helping out with our Rush is going No formal statistics have been NPC, six of which are represented A number of brothers who went Chen ’16, who recently pledged to to threaten their sorority’s single- released regarding the potential ef- at MIT. These 26 delegates are vot- through Rush in previous years be- Pi Lambda Phi. sex status,” he continued. fect on the yield between this year ed into the national committee by lieve that this policy change had During formal Rush events, the Lauren M. Allen ’13 — vice and last year’s Rush periods. But different processes based on the a significant impact on the Rush sorority sisters are not allowed to president of Recruitment for the only time will tell whether the UA X sorority. process. According to Robert, usu- be at fraternity houses. According MIT Panhellenic Association (Pan- will continue to stir controversy or In a correspondence between ally half of his fraternity’s events to Robert, many of the brothers feel hel) and a member of Kappa Alpha if it will become the norm as fresh- Robert and two NPC representa- involve just the brothers and pro- strongly about the new policy. To Theta — defended the UA X: “If a men enter Rush with no knowl- tives Emily Ruch and Nicki Mene- spectives, while others include a challenge the policy, Robert, some men’s organization cannot select edge of the change.

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Sorority recruitment, from Page 1 feedback from the individual chap- Initially, Soleimany was not in- a big part of the culture here, so I Sikka. ters, their advisors, and the faculty terested in joining a sorority, but wanted to be a part of that.” Soleimany had some suggestions rather than reading about them on and administration on the changes decided to attend the recruitment However, Clare H. Liu ’16 chose for future recruitment events. paper. I really liked all the conversa- we implemented this year,” said Pan- events after getting to know some of not to participate in Recruitment, “Allowing the girls to do more tions and the house tours. I thought hel President Denzil Sikka ’13. the women in sororities. opting instead to attend other events Rush events, scheduling-wise … it was a good way to help you decide In addition to shortening recruit- during those days. “There were a lot would be good. A lot of us wanted to, what you wanted to do.” ment, Panhel also added an informa- ‘I felt like the of events going on at the same time,” but we didn’t have the time because One notable change is that in tional session for potential recruits to said Liu. “I like where I’m staying and of recruitment,” said Soleimany. “I previous years, students had to go get a better feel for Greek life before process was drawn the people I’m around at McCor- think giving an extra day between through a longer, four-day “active” the official start of recruitment. out from talking to mick, so I wanted to keep my options the end of recruitment and the start recruitment process before bids were Still, some freshmen found the open during freshman year.” of class [would also be good].” released, as opposed to three this process exhausting. too many people’ According to Sikka, many of the Now that classes have started, year. Panhel shortened it by combin- “Recruitment was long. You were —Mary E. Wagner ‘16 sorority chapters are now larger than Bray is hoping that her sorority will ing the original first and second days talking to girls for six hours every they were right before last year’s se- provide the support system and into one day of house tours. Also day, so you’d come home with a dry “I did FLP [Freshman Leadership niors graduated. community that attracted her to new, Pi Beta Phi members began liv- throat,” said Ava P. Soleimany ’16. Program], and all the counselors “I think [Recruitment] ran very Greek life in the first place. ing at their Memorial Drive house Mary E. Wagner ’16 agreed, “I were affiliated, so I really wanted to smoothly, and I’m very glad I was “I think it’s especially important this year, which can hold up to 53 might make the days a little shorter. go through recruitment after I saw able to work with the Panhellenic for freshmen, who have left home, to sisters. I felt like the process was drawn out a what kind of people they were,” said Association and the FSILG admin- have a community away from your “We’ve received a lot of positive bit from talking to too many people.” Soleimany. “It just seemed like such istration to make that possible,” said home,” said Bray. NOW OPEN on 2nd floor of Stratton Student Center

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