The Interfraternity Council is electing new officers -- for the 76th time.

IFC elections for the 1991-92 term will be held 7:30 Monday night at Beta Theta Pi fraternity, 220 N. Burrowes Road.

Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity member, Timothy Finn, 501 S. Allen St., and Brian Rudick, Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity member, 225 E. Foster Ave., are vying for IFC president. Phi Delta Theta fraternity member Brady Semmel, 240 N. Burrowes Road, is running uncontested for administrative vice president.

Kevin Mammel of Sigma Chi fraternity, 400 E. Prospect Ave., and Dan Straum of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, 429 E. Hamilton Ave., are running for secretary/treasurer.

The candidates spoke on subjects including membership, scholarship and community relations at the Jan. 28 IFC meeting. After their speeches they answered questions from council delegates.

Finn said he wants to strengthen public relations and look into the possibility of appointing a public relations chairperson. He also said IFC should support the fraternity-wide effort to continue recent academic success.

Finn, now completing his term as administrative vice president, said membership is a "key ingredient" in creating a strong Greek environment, and added that he will continue to persuade students to join the Greek community.

Rudick, Alpha Epsilon Pi president, said he also favors increasing the effort to involve incoming freshmen in the fraternity system.

"Membership is the backbone of fraternities," Rudick said. "When students look at the fraternities they see them as a positive social experience. We need to build on that foundation with a more aggressive approach."

Rudick presented a plan that involves discussing the benefits of the Greek system with future students during the University's freshman testing and counseling program. This will give incoming freshmen "an early look" at the Greek system, he said.

Both candidates expressed similar views on several topics, including the "Bring Your Own Bottle" policy the IFC voted against last semester. BYOB would regulate alcohol consumption at fraternity functions by requiring guests aged 21 or older to provide their own alcohol.

Rudick said the issue threatens to divide the Greek community if it is handled improperly. He said the delegates, not the executive council, should reintroduce the policy.

The candidates agreed that the executive council's job is to monitor the Greek system, not to restrict it with stringent new policies. Finn agreed the policy should be addressed by the individual fraternities and their presidents in order to show the executive council that the majority of fraternity members actually support it.

Semmel, finishing his term as IFC University Relations chairman, is running uncontested for administrative vice president. The adminstrative vice president coordinates the fraternity philanthropies and serves as the council's liason for several events including the Interfraterity/Panhellenic Council Dance Marathon and Spring Week.

Semmel stressed improving current philanthropies and creating new philanthropies by fraternities without them. He said his aim is "getting the word out to the community about the good things we do."

All of the candidates will have another chance to present their views during short speeches to be held before the elections.