Crossing and going through the stroll line for the first time at a big event.

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My best moments as a new member where (in no particular order):

*My first Big Man on campus competition... I was backstage helping the guys get dressed and lets just say many of our contestans where very VERY easy on the eyes!

*Getting my big sis. I had no idea who it was going to be until I went through the ceramoney.

*Getting my bid, that I wasn't sure I was going to get.

*Going to my first event as a new member and getting hugs from all of my sisters... I have never fealt more welcome in my entire life!!!

*And picking out my first Zeta bag!!!

1. getting my big...i had to do the "big sister" ceremony alone because I had missed it when everyone else got theirs, it was special and fun and she was from Pittsburgh.

2. Getting my bid because I wasn't supposed to have one, let alone get one to my number one choice.

3. Our initiation...it was the most beautiful day, like God was smiling on our initiation.

4. "Sprinkle Cheese!" ...hehe, inside jokes.

*getting a call from my friend who had just gotten her bid card that there was one for me in the same row:)
*walking down the stairs and being greeted by my future big at bid night:P
*coming late to the bid night party because i had to go to a meeting at work or be fired :rolleyes:
*getting my heart and meeting my heart tree:)
*going to dinner with some of the craziest girls:cool:
*learning all the fun things about alpha phi;)
*hearing that we couldn't do a scavanger hunt becuae it's considered hazing:o
*getting my big and my twin and becoming part of the best tree in my chapter :p
*being initiated:D
*going to my first formal meeting:cool:

Most memorable moment....

**On bid day when I found out the Rho Chi who I had developed a real bond with was a member of the chapter that I accepted my bid from.

* Getting my bid, obviously and bid night
* Having 3 big sisters
* Bonding with 7 other women who cherished sisterhood as dearly as I did
* Sleepovers
* Halloween party
* The night we got in

My Most Memorable Moments of my New Member period:
-Receiving my bid
-Alpha Ceremony
-The night I realized my sisters would be there for me through anything (depressing story so I wont post it on this happy thread)... If for some reason you want to know pm me...
-Moving into the ADPi wing at 11pm, since they convinced me I should move in right at that moment...
-Scholarship brunch and introducing my dad to my sisters... My parents were in shock that I joined a sorority (my mom and sister where in different sororities but I am nothing like them), but that day when my dad met my sisters he understood why I was so happy...

Since I'm a bit older, and a man, these might seem somewhat different.

Standing behind a chair in jacket and tie at dinner at our first rush function waiting for the chapter president to escourt "Mom" (the house mother) to her seat at the head of the table -- then listening to the classic Delt songs sung following dinner.

Being asked into a side room during the second night and offered a bid. I originally had no intention of rushing, and was invited to the functions. I had no idea whatsoever this would happen -- and so quickly.

Ditching to Columbus so we wouldn't have to clean the house after a party (yes, there was hazing in those days) with my girlfriend, who was visiting that weekend, sitting on my lap in the back of a pladge brothers car. She was only 100 pounds, but I thought my legs would never move again after a two hour drive.

Finally, stealing underwear from my big brother and the pledge advisor and hanging them (with their names in magic marker) from the columns of the Chi-O house.

Of course, who could ever forget his/her initiation.

The Gerbils . . . . salt . . . oysters . . .. and string . . .