Major Changes Coming to Fraternity Rush at UCF
Campus Beat, News, UCF Greek Life — By Staff on September 21, 2010 at 2:17 pmKnightNews.com has obtained an e-mail sent out to the Greek Community regarding major changes to IFC fraternity recruitment at UCF.
According to the letter, “IFC will not be able to host any recruitment events at Lake Claire this coming semester.” The letter does not explain why. We are working to uncover the reason for this right now.
In the letter, newly elected IFC Vice President of Recruitment Andrew Capranos laid out several alternative options he explored other than Lake Claire. In some cases, it appeared facilities existing on the UCF campus would have charged the non-profit student groups so much to rent the space it was not economically feasible to do so.
The first option Capranos listed was to move the entire fraternity recruitment activity, including fraternities with houses, to tents on Memory Mall. The Student Union, which is supported by student fees, typically charges outside groups to use this space, and it wasn’t clear from the letter whether the Union would do so for the non-profit fraternity student groups to use the space. The letter suggested this option was the most realistic and had the fewest drawbacks listed along with it.
KnightNews.com has a team of reporters looking into all of these options and the costs of each, and will report the information as we learn it. The plan is expected be voted on at the IFC meeting on September 29, 2010
Read the letter we obtained yourself by clicking NextPage below.
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7 Comments
On campus housed fraternities do not have to follow the rush guidelines that UCF gives. In fact, housed frats can have rush a week earlier than everyone else if they wanted to.
Spring Rush FUBAR parking lot. Save us the drive.
I think that whole system with the tents at lake claire is archaic anyway. It’s hot as hell. They should have it in the Union in the big ballroom. Everyone gets their own little area.
The construction at Lake Claire is scheduled to be finished mid-summmer. (Which would allow Fall Rush to resume at Lake Claire.) However, UCF has outsourced the construction job so who knows how long it will actually take. There also may not be enough room for additional tents at Lake Claire because of the extra fraternity they are bringing to campus this spring.
Will they let it be used for rush in Fall or is it just spring where they can’t?
Correct. Lake Claire is being renovated so it can not be used for anything.
UCF is planning to renovate the Lake Claire recreation area, maybe that has something to do with it?