91 students register in multi-club bicker

Overall, 81 percent of the Class of 2015 participated in the new system, either by bickering a selective club or joining a sign-in club, the Interclub Council announced Thursday.

In total, 947 sophomores joined an eating club this spring, 53 more students than last spring. 111 sophomores, or nine percent of the sophomore class, bickered but were not placed in any club.

The ICC’s new multi-club bicker process, announced last fall, gave students the option of simultaneously bickering two of the participating selective clubs, ranking their first and second choices. Among sophomores who bickered any of the clubs participating in multi-club — Cannon Dial Elm Club, Charter Club, Cottage Club, Tiger Inn and Cap & Gown Club — 18 percent chose to rank two selective clubs.

“We’re very happy with the first year’s cycle [of multi-club],” newly-elected ICC president and Cannon president Connor Clegg ’14 said in an interview. “With anything that’s new, it’s difficult to gauge how it’s going to be accepted, but I think the 18 percent is a successful first step.”

Charter is the only sign-in club that took part in the new multi-club Bicker process.

Using the club’s points-based sign-in system, students were allowed to rank a bicker club along with Charter and join the highest-ranked club that accepted them.

According to the ICC, 81 percent of the Class of 2015 registered on the new ICC website in hopes of joining a bicker or sign-in eating club at the beginning of February. 85 more students completed the admissions process this year than last year.

Among sophomores who bickered or entered Charter’s admission system, 73 percent were accepted to a club. Excluding the 72 students who signed into Charter, 63 percent of students who bickered one of the six bicker clubs were accepted. Last year, 64 percent of sophomores who bickered were accepted.

Clegg said the ICC was careful to make sure that students who bickered multiple clubs did not face any disadvantage whatsoever.

“It’s good to get out that information that it does not harm you,” Clegg said. “Like we said, the goal of the system was to encourage people to double-club. There was no penalty, there is no penalty and there won’t be a penalty for double-bickering so I think if we keep on getting that information out to the sophomores, we’ll see an increase in it as well.”

264 students joined sign-in clubs in the first round period, making up 25 percent of those who joined eating clubs this spring. The 183 students who signed into Terrace made up 70 percent of all first-round sign-ins. Terrace filled during the first round and was the only sign-in club that did not take in members during the second round.

Clegg said the ICC is looking into the creation of a new ICC website that will have more information on individual clubs, open houses and activities for prospective members.

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“There will be very much a concerted effort to get more information out for the clubs and get the sophomores more comfortable with the clubs,” Clegg said.