IFC, the governing body for the men's social fraternities affiliated with the National Interfraternity Conference, will send two representatives from all 18 campus chapters to various residence halls like Kirwan Tower and Holmes Hall.

The representatives will discuss the various aspects of the Greek system.

"We want to get feedback from new students about what they want from the Greek community," said Clay Suter, head of recruitment for IFC.

The representatives from each chapter will be part of a question and answer session, the first of its kind, and "will discuss the positive aspects they have felt while being members of the Greek community," Suter said.

The representatives will also talk about what the Greek community represents and "reaffirm any expectations and clear up any negative vibes," Suter said.

This is not the first time IFC has tried to change its rush policies, although this will be the first time it has actively gone out to discuss rush with non-Greeks. Last fall the IFC had the first day of rush in the White Hall Classroom Building, giving each chapter its own room. They had trouble supplying everyone with adequately sized rooms, causing some fraternities to feel short-changed.

"It really didn't pan out," Suter said.

The new approach to recruitment came after a 20 percent drop in rushers from the fall of 1996 to the fall of '97.

"I wanted the fraternities to be more aggressive than passive and stop sitting around and waiting for people to just walk in," said Tony Blanton, assistant dean of students.

Blanton sees part of the recruiting drop as being caused by the higher standards of UK's admission policy. Blanton expressed that higher admission standards bring students with higher standards who are not as interested in the partying side of fraternity life. The fraternities are hoping this new approach will show students the other activities they are involved in and erase negative feelings toward the Greek system.

Both Blanton and Suter agreed that earlier incidents, such as the death of an LSU pledge, have had no effect on recent recruitment.

The question and answer session will take place on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. and will include free food and beverages.