Syracuse struggles with deferred rush issues.
Interfraternity Council president Chris VanDeWeert said some houses were very disappointed with the numbers they had.
"We're definitely going to work with them to see what we can do to help them out ... they just have to come to us first," VanDeWeert said.
To this end, OGLEL is offering continuous open bidding as an option to both chapters that want to increase their pledge class and men who did not participate in the first recruitment round, McIntosh said.
The fundamental problem prompting the open bid period is simply not enough men are joining the greek system, he said.
"Until the fraternities themselves change how they do business, it's going to be hard to get people attracted it," McIntosh said.
Improvements need to be made in following risk management policies and developing and publicizing leadership, philanthropy and community service activities, McIntosh said. Some fraternities are already doing this, including Sigma Phi Epsilon with its dogdgeball tournament last fall.
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