i. hate. you. :D

Because I'd rather not have a traumatic google experience, I'll just ask. What are the names based on?

Ok, never mind, I got it.

I wasn't sure what the names referenced 'til people started to post comments. To be sure I googled the names...I'm at work so I couldn't open the links, but best believe I'm all caught up now.

Rashid, I think you're one of my favorite story tellers!

i <3 you! this story is the best :)

I have to know...did any of the fraternities Hot Box you Rashid?

I just spit Diet Mountain Dew on my monitor - centaur, you just made my afternoon!

Junior Year.....

So I lived with Brian Pumper's member.

We got along just fine. I was very busy with APO and he was busy with his fraternity, which allowed him to have a girlfriend on every campus in the area. (True!) We were ride or die for one another -- real down for whatever type of friends. He introduced me to lots of different kinds of people. He was a former football player so I met all types of guys.

I found people in Brian Pumper to be really intellectual, but not overbearingly so. They liked hanging out at the house but were respectful of our space. Many were bookish....not quite nerdy, but you never heard about them failing out.

And oh yes..... Brian Pumper could step.

I liked that whenever the lone Brian Pumper on campus needed his brothers to attend an event on campus, even just to step, they were there. Heck, even guys from OTHER chapters would be there.

But my head wasn't in the game, so to speak. I was so busy that pledging an NPHC fraternity was the furthest thing from my mind.

One time, my friend left "The History of Brian Pumper" out in his room. Well actually, he always did. And one time I asked him something about a famous member, and he told me "I'm not sure, why don't you look it up?"

And I was like "whaaaaaaa? I can't read your history book!"

And he was like "Of course you can! Go check it out."

So I did. Now, because the book is 600 pages long, and once again, I was not particularly interested in Brian Pumper, it read like the Handbook for the Recently Deceased from Beetlejuice. I couldn't make heads or tails of it. So I politely thanked my friend and put it back down.

When my buddy graduated, I decided to write an article for the campus newspaper about the university's policies against fraternities. I decided to highlight Brian Pumper on campus and what the school was doing by not allowing GLOs to operate. I asserted that because of the official ban on GLOs, we were stifling future Brian Pumpers from going out and spreading the seed of....goodwill...among the land. Without Brian Pumpers from St. Wilona's preparing to be leaders, the university would be at a disadvantage.

I researched, researched, and researched for this article. I used the last graduating Brian Pumper on campus as a case for why the school should recognized GLOs.

I saw all these prominent members.... all these phenomenal national programs.....awesome men on the ground level...

I published the article....and the damnedest thing happened.

I fell in love with Brian Pumper!

Pun intended or not intended?

I laughed out loud at the same thing!

You're a true raconteur! Are you going to start channeling E. Lynn now...
:)

the way this is going, i'd say intended! LOL

Or this one?

I was just about to point that out....

Ditto!

Is that like one of those "Best of" DVDs? My roommate leaves those out all the time too.

Rah you are so talented! more Pumper, more Pumper!!!

Best. Recruitment. Thread. Ever.

No kidding.

If you have to read about someone who joined their GLO 4361654 years ago, this is the way to do it.:D

I have a feeling by the end of the story I'm going to need a towel and a cigarette.

And a glass of good Scotch.

See this? This right here? This is why you have a permanent spot in CT4's handbasket. :D

And a shower. :D

AMEN!

see what happens when you leave GC for a weekend? LMAO!!!!! man this is amazing.

Can we PLEASE have an update soon? I love this thread!

By the time I realized I had fallen in love with Brian Pumper, it was my senior year. Although pledging as a senior was possible, it wasn't a good idea for me. I had so many other responsibilities that I felt it would be selfish to put them off just for the chance to pledge as an undergrad. Plus, I wanted to be SURE this thing with Brian Pumper was for real.

I looked at all five NPHC fraternities and specific criteria to decide which was the best fit:

1) Does their history "speak" to me?
2) Can I identify with their roster of prominent members?
3) Do my values line up with their national programs.
4) Am I comfortable in a room full of them?


So let's start with Lexington Steele. They were the youngest founded, and to me, didn't have much of a history to be impressed by. I guess I thought it was nice that they were the youngest members of the NPHC, but that wasn't a selling point for me. I didn't want to have to explain what my fraternity was everywhere I went. I wanted to say "I am a ______" and have everyone know without explanation.

Their roster of prominent members included a weather man and actor. *shrug*

Their programs were okay.... but you know what? A lot of the rhetoric on their website and when I saw them in person was all about how they were building a tradition. Well that's great, but it's been over 30 years now.... ain't that joint built yet?

I had never seen more than one in a room...so again, there was no way to know if I would be comfortable with a room full of them.

Thus, Lexington Steele was off the list.

You made me wait all weekend for just ONE installment. You'd better keep them coming throughout the day, LOL!!!! But seriously, I'm excited for the next tid bit.:D

LMAO!!!!!! I am in tears!!!!

I've read a lot of great threads on GC, but this one is the best to date.

SECOND!! :mad::):)

Well I guess we know who Lexington Steele was!

We need another update!

So wrong, but ha! :D

More, please.

Oh, snappity-snap! LMAO! *passing around the popcorn*

I wonder if this one will be the most viewed thread ever in this forum? Love it!

Then there's Wesley Pipes....smooth, suave, sophisticated Wesley Pipes.

They, quite honestly, ran the yard at St. Wilona's. Even though I NEVER was attracted to Wesley Pipes, I still thought it was important to do my research and verbalize not only WHY Brian Pumper, but why NOT Wesley Pipes.

Did their history speak to me? Nah....I went to their website and nothing moved me about their founding and the subsequent decades.

Did I identify with their prominent and more historical members? Again...no. Not at all. I either wasn't familiar with their prominent members in the first place, or if there was a particular prominent member I knew, there was ALWAYS a Brian Pumper who overshadowed him in that particular field of endeavor.

Did my values line up with their national programs? Well.... what national programs? True, they're supposed to "do stuff" but information on national and chapter websites was sooooo vague, that I wasn't convinced that this fraternity had anything to do with the community at all. Perhaps it was just a public relations issue....

And finally, did I feel comfortable with a room full of them? While some of them on my campus were nice..... nahhhhh, I really didn't look up to them as mentors or have any sort of kinship there.

Overall, I felt LEAST impressed with Wesley Pipes on all levels. It is an opinion that has stuck with me over the years.

This is too funny. Are you testing your new book on us, Senusret?

I was waiting for this all day!!! I think I agree with Pinkies Up in that you might be testing some new material on us. I don't mind though, very interesting, indeed! Gets me through some of the more monotonous days at work.

I agree this is a great thread. Anyone have any ideas as to the identity of Wesley Pipes? (I have no clue)

I'm thinking maybe Kappa Alpha Psi?