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Brown, New Dean
by MARY AMIDON
Darlene Brown, Dean of Women and Panhellenic advisor, was quite excited with her new post and first job.
"The university has created a whole new dimension to my life; it's really funny because I've found myself as being content."
She was a 1973 graduate of the University of Vermont where she received a Masters in Education majoring in student personnel in higher education. Previously Brown attended Ohio University where she received a BS in journalism.
Darlene remarked her education became much more real to her because she used it in her job "whether it be expressing myself on paper or dealing with people."
"Yet I've learned more in four months as Dean of Women than I learned in two years of graduate school."
Libra, the sign of balance and optimism, under which she was born, characterized Brown's attitude. "It takes me a long time to make a decision because I weigh the alternatives and consequences against one another", she explained, "but when I reach a decision I'm confident it was the right thing to do."
Mary is a journalism sophomore.
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Greek numbers increase by 15%
by BARBARA McREYNOLDS
Fraternity membership
rose taking a 15 percent jump nationally over 72's membership. UK's fraternities followed this trend in pledging more men this school year than they had in number of years. Approximately 550 Greek men were added to the roster, 325 pledging in the fall, and 225 in the spring.
Danny Bullock, vice-president of Intrafraternity Council, was instrumental in increasing the fraternity numbers. Following the theme, "Forget everything you already think you know about UK's 21 fraternities. See them as they really are," Bullock organized the '74 Spring Rush Kick-Off Dance. To the music of APOCRYPHA, fraternity men met several hundred interested rush-ees.
The results were quite satisfying. The Kick-Off Dance took the edge off of introductions at individual fraternity houses and made rush more personalized.
Through rush, Greek men were getting together again. Bullock said it very well in a brief speech at the Kick-Off Dance, "Meet old
friends and make some new ones."
Sorority membership also enjoyed an increase during the past few years and this year was no exception.
Four hundred fifty women moved into their dorms for rush a week before the fall term began. Members of all 14 sororities assisted the rushees in moving in. Later in the day, an open house for the rushee's parents and an introduction to the Panhellenic Council was held.
The next day rushees attended a Jersey Swap where each Greek girl swapped Jerseys with a girl in another sorority. Entertaining skits were presented in the Alumni Gymnasium by a representative from each sorority. Open houses, parties, preference night and pledging filled the rest of the week.
Spring rush was less structured and more relaxed. Rushing was more personalized with fewer girls participating. The schedule of events was basically the same, though on a smaller scale. f^P 1