IFC discusses conference, character campaign

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Interfraternity Council met Tuesday evening to discuss the recent Association of Fraternal Leadership & Values Conference, attended by executive officers in St. Louis.

About 2,800 greek organizations, all representing either the IFC, the Panhellenic Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Multicultural Greek Council attended the conference held Feb. 9-12.

"It was a cool glimpse at how unified the greek community can be," said Jack Christie, a junior advertising and public relations major and secretary of UNL's IFC. "The conference was great motivation to unify all four councils (in Lincoln) into one greek experience."

President Tyson Johnson, a senior economics and political science major, mentioned similar experiences and described "incredible diversity."

In addition to working with other greek councils, the IFC met with its Big Ten counterparts for the first time. Johnson said they left with many good ideas, including methods to possibly poll outgoing freshmen in an effort to understand why those not involved with the greek system decided against it. The council hopes polling could lead to better recruitment strategies and translate into increased enrollment.

Also in attendance was Chris Devlin, a graduate student working toward his master's in higher education and administration. Devlin appeared on behalf of the vice chancellor of Student Affairs to present a new character campaign called "Show Your Red." Launched in August, the campaign aims to identify and promote positive character attributes campus-wide.

"‘Show Your Red' identifies the core characteristics of what it means to be a Husker," Devlin said.

The campaign establishes six core values branded as "building blocks of integrity." While not intended to be all-encompassing, the program will promote "caring, citizenship, commitment, dependability, open-mindedness and respect." By building a relationship with campus events and organizations like the greek community, the campaign hopes to establish a program that rewards good character throughout the campus.

The council announced that the bedbug informational session for the greek system, originally scheduled for March 1, has been moved to Feb. 29 at 6 p.m., and the council noted that, to date, two cases of bed bugs have been confirmed at greek living units.

The council announced plans to schedule luncheons between members of the council and representatives from each fraternity.

"We want you to know that we will be there for you," Johnson said. "The council wants to establish a really good relationship between the IFC and each chapter and this is a good way to start."

The next IFC meeting is scheduled for Feb. 28.

jacobfokken@DailyNebraskan.com

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