Delts dine with 'Playboy' Playmate, encourage new alcohol-free rush

A white limousine pulled up to the house and Playboy playmate Tiffany Taylor, Miss November 1998, walked in. She smiled shyly as fraternity members greeted her.\nThe fraternity arranged the event as one of its rush activities. \n"There is no better way to meet the guys, but to sit down and have dinner with them," said Nick Mcleland, junior and rush chair. "Tiffany is here for the Playboy golf tournament. She\'s trying to promote herself, and we thought it was a good dinner gig."\nThe Delts had a formal dinner with Taylor along with their rushees. At the end of the night Taylor thanked the members for having her and took pictures with them. Senior fraternity members received an autographed picture.\nThe members agreed to donate five dollars for each picture Taylor signed. \n"The house is doubling the amount, and we will donate over $100 to a soup kitchen. We want to give something back to the community," said Matt Glasser, junior and treasurer of Delts.\nTaylor, a junior at University of Maryland said she was happy to be in Bloomington promoting the event.\n"The Delts seem to be unified as a fraternity and have a good spirit. They were very well behaved," Taylor said. "I am very happy to be here, I party with the Delts at school."\nAs a part of a resolution that was passed last spring, fraternities can no longer have alcohol-sponsored events. The celebrity dinner was one of their nonalcoholic events for rush. \nA lot of members are not happy with the new policy.\n"It\'s depleting our greek system...," Mcleland said. "It\'s hindering rush, and it won\'t let us do rush like it has been done for 100 years. Like Bob Knight said, times change and so do people."\nBut Frank Miller, public relations for Delts and a junior said the new policy is not hindering the rush process.\n"It\'s just hard on the living situation, it\'s like living in a dorm again," Miller said. "It doesn't affect the fun and the brotherhood, but it restricts personal freedom."\nRyan Evans, a freshman and a rushee said the policy is not coming in the way of their good time.\n"I think it\'s great, it shows we can have a good time without the alcohol," he said. "You see all the crazy guys still, just without the alcohol."\nTaylor is in town for the Playboy Scramble, a national golf tournament hosted by local radio station B-97.\nBloomington\'s Eagle Point golf course was chosen as one of the sites for the event. Winners of the regional tournament move on to nationals, which are held at the Playboy mansion. The event is held to raise money for Athletes and Entertainers for Kids. \nChuck Bolanis, the promotion director for B-97 said the event would not be complete without having a playmate. \n"This event is tasteful and is done with a lot of class," Bolanis said. "It\'s a great sport benefiting the community. There are no bunnies, and the dress is conservative. It's a first grade event, and we didn't feel it was detrimental to the image of B-97."\nTaylor visited Nick's English Hut, 423 E. Kirkwood Ave., and Kilroy\'s Sports, 319 N. Walnut Ave., Wednesday night to sign autographs. \n"We came to the Delts as a favor for my friend Ryan Hagan," Bolanis said. "Delts were the most cooperative. They were a class act and they did everything we asked them to do"