I am so excited for you guys! That's great news and that's one requirement for a colony that you've knocked out of the park!

Make sure you e-mail the IEB with the news- they'll be ecstatic!

Well I can say it now!
Alpha Omega Epsilon @ Texas Tech has 13 beautiful new babies!!
Which brings our total members to 25!! We doubled our membership! But I have to get ready for induction this morning!
Update aftet (maybe way after... UT Game is today so.....)

Congratulations Jess! That's excellent!!!

Congratulations!! When my chapter had our first formal recruitment, we basically doubled the chapter, so I know how crazy that is. Yipeeee!

So we ended up 'losing' an active and one candidate dropped.... Which means we still doubled our numbers.

Flashback: On a side note I've been thinking about something that happened during my spring recruitment @ Jasmine (and it's always bothered me) I guess when I was in recruitment mode back then I just kind of wrote it off....

So my interviewer and I were talking and it was going well. The VP was floating and overheard my interviewers and my conversation about how I still live on campus because my parents will not let me bring my car for fear of damaging it (me or other people out of envy... the latter has happened before)... the VP asks me what kind of car I drive and I was like "oh..... um... a {insert name of luxury car here}..." at which she looks at the interviewer pushes her nose up and says OH... in a rude tone

I know jasmines have girls from the "upper class" cities of Texas (of which I am not from) but why this reaction? She asked and I didn't really want to answer, and I didn't act like "OH I DRIVE A____________ HOW ABOUT YOU?" I tried to be polite and modest about it. After that my interviewer and I changed the subject and kept having a good conversation.... sorry for the randomness I see the Jasmines around a lot lately and I wanted to vent :\

I think the car thing is a lose-lose situation, personally. Whether you drive a 15-year-old Buick that you bought with your own saved-up money or a brand-spanking-new Lexus, it's just going to be not good enough in some circles, or too highbrow in others.

I *totally* understand about your parents' rule, though. My folks bought me a cute little car for high school graduation, and even though Houston was only 40 miles away from home and I lived on campus, they were so nervous to let me bring it to campus that they forbade it.

the only thing i can do about it is try extra hard to not do that to our PNM's :)

I wasn't complaining, just wanted to get it off my chest. It's been bothering me. I don't hate the Jasmines or any other sorority that is on campus. I admire them for the strong sisterhoods they have and being strong nationally as they all are. I can only strive to make my colony (hopefully soon chapter) as strong as them on campus (maybe stronger... who knows?), and enhance the international org as a whole :)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...DayAwayAll.jpg
Actives in Purple, Candidates in Lilac
(missing 3 Actives, 3 candidates)

Just an update, we have 3 lovely ladies joining our sisterhood this fall :) I am so happy! I had my first full blown "rush crush" and she joined :D
They are intelligent, and beautiful and each brings something different to the organization.