Students planning to rush a fraternity will have to pay a new $10 recruitment fee unanimously approved by the Interfraternity Council on Tuesday night.

Presidents and representatives unanimously voted to introduce the new fee and to revise the recruitment policy. The new policy will not allow potential new members to attend social functions at any fraternity between today, the start of registration, and Sept. 4, the start of formal recruitment. But, Fraternities will still be allowed to hold registered social events.

Each student who would like to participate in fall recruitment will need to register at pennstateifc.com/recruitment and pay the $10 fee. Registration opens today and students are allowed to register until Sept.

28.

IFC president Luke Pierce (senior-economics) said the new registration fee will help compensate for the cost of expanded recruitment campaigns and will help pay for wristbands and

t-shirts for potential new members.

"The goal is to enhance the recruitment experience for potential new members," he said.

Zachary Meli, vice president for communications of the IFC, said the fee will help the IFC expand their recruitment campaigns.

"These fees will help offset our costs for the current recruitment period as well as future recruitment periods," he said.

Meli (senior-economics) added the new policies will also help the IFC give potential new members additional information more quickly.

Pierce said the goal of the revision to the recruitment policy was to reduce the exposure of potential members to social events prior to formal recruitment.

Mark Mixon, president of Sigma Nu fraternity, said the meeting was collaborative and the proposed changes met little opposition.

"It was a really constructive session to have so much input from so many different people," he said. "It was one of the most successful sessions I've had in my term, as far as teamwork and collaboration goes."