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Recruitment Rules To Remember




A. Eligibility:

Any male who is interested in going through recruitment, formal or informal, must be accepted to Texas Tech. He may not go through recruitment if he was accepted as a provisional student or is on academic probation. However, once he has completed at least 12 college credit hours at Texas Tech and has a cumulative G.P.A. at or over a 2.25 he may be allowed to go through recruitment. Any transfer student wanting to recruitment must have at least 12 college credit hours and a 2.75 transfer G.P.A. The Interfraternity Council reserves the right to ask for official transcripts from transfer students to verify G.P.A.

B. General Regulations:

  1. All University regulations will apply during Formal recruitment Week.
  2. Drinking alcoholic beverages during recruitment is not allowed under any circumstances! Drinking alcoholic beverages with any active member of a fraternity is considered a major recruitment violation. If a recruit is found in violation of the IFC recruitment regulation governing the use of alcohol, he will be removed from recruitment and subject to the penalty of not being allowed to pledge any fraternity until the next semester.
  3. During the week of recruitment, all recruits are not permitted to visit any establishment, which serves alcohol (i.e.: bars, clubs, etc.), unless an official supervised recruitment event is schedule at the location, all these events can be found in your Recruitment Packet. Use of Alcohol is Prohibited during recruitment week, any recruit seen in alcohol serving establishment unsupervised will be expelled from recruitment without refund and will not be able to pledge any fraternity until next semester. This will be monitored by IFC.
  4. Recruitment nametags must be worn at all times during recruitment activities.
  5. Dirty Recruitment. "Dirty Recruitment" is defined as any action detrimental to a fraternity, group of fraternities, or the Interfraternity Council. Specific examples include, but are not limited to the following:
    1. "Bad-mouthing" another group, i.e., through implication, giving false information, etc.
    2. Giving/receiving an oral bid, or handing a bid, prior to the IFC designated time. Starting from the end of the last semester, to the next formal bid time.
    3. Undue pressure on a recruit to join.
      d. Pressuring a recruit to go “suicide” (dropping all fraternities except one).
    4. Coming into contact with any member of any fraternity outside of the scheduled recruitment function in any way (person, phone, mail, or any other means) during IFC Formal Recruitment, exempting personal contact during official parties will result in the penalty of not being allowed to pledge any fraternity until the next semester.
    5. Violating any IFC Recruitment Regulation for the purpose of getting a recruit to join.
    6. Any other act deemed by the IFC Judicial Board or Recruitment Director as "Dirty Recruitment."
  6. If a recruit is found in violation of the IFC Recruitment Regulations, including but not limited to the use of alcohol, missing recruitment parties without prior notice to the IFC Recruitment Director, found committing criminal acts or violating any campus policy, he will be subject to the penalty of not being able to pledge any fraternity until the start of the next semester.

C. Withdraw From Recruitment:

Any recruit who drops out of rush once recruitment has begun, will not be allowed to except a bid for 90 days after the last day of recruitment.