Despite recent legal action taken against several fraternities, Inter-Fraternity Council President Tyler Brace '11 said that the number of students who participated in men's rush this weekend did not decrease, although he had not seen final numbers for all fraternities.
Alpha Chi Alpha fraternity saw 28 men sink bids; Alpha Delta fraternity, 35; Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, 21; Chi Gamma Epsilon fraternity, 20; Chi Heorot fraternity, 15; Phi Delta Alpha fraternity, 23; Psi Upsilon fraternity, 30; Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, 24; Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, 29; Theta Delta Chi fraternity, 31; and Zeta Psi fraternity, 17, according to numbers provided by the IFC. Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity received bids from 30 men, according to fraternity president Cameron Sharman '11. Numbers for the remaining houses were not available by press time.
There are no quotas or limits on the size of pledge classes, Brace said, adding that pledge classes generally fall between 20 to 30 members.
More than 300 men have sunk bids for at least the past two Fall terms, The Dartmouth previously reported.
Men who were not offered a bid this weekend may rush again Winter term, although the size of pledge classes this Fall will affect whether fraternities extend bids in the winter, Brace said.
"Many houses do not hold Winter rush, just because if they've determined that their pledge class is full, there's not that much of a point," Brace said. The recent allegations of serving alcohol to minors a felony crime against Psi U, SAE and Theta Delt were unlikely to have affected the number of men who rushed, according to Brace.
"Guys are attracted to fraternities for reasons that have nothing to do with how [the Hanover Police] is behaving," he said.
Men who rush have varying levels of familiarity with each different house, according to Brace.
"Rush can be a very difficult process for a lot of people," Brace said. "It is a difficult decision, and I know that there are many people who were in a situation where they were unsure of what house they wanted to join. For most of them, it probably worked out, for some of them, it didn't, but I do want to emphasize that rush works out for most people."
Several members of the Class of 2013 participating in rush declined to comment for this article because they said fraternity members had discouraged them from talking to the media.
For Dennis Zeveloff '12, who rushed last year, the first clue that he wanted to rush surfaced in Thayer Dining Hall.
"I rushed because it seemed like a good chance to meet new people and I was jealous of the well-dressed people in [Food Court] post-formals," Zeveloff said.
Women who are rushing panhellenic sororities find out if and where they have been offered a bid on Thursday.
