This happened less than 2 miles from my house..maybe even a little less distance than that. I am not sure if I heard the crash or not. I did wake up abotu that time that morning but it was nasty looking outside so I assumed it was thunder and I went back to bed. A couple of prominent families in this area had family members aboard the flight that perished and a EKU regent's wife was also on the plane. Seeing pictures, I'm suprised the co-pilot even survived.


CuriousWildcat: If youa re still reading the board I do hope that you choose to go through COB/COR at UK. They have great chapters there!!

It's hard to believe all of the things that led to the crash that could have been fixed.

I was invited to a COR event, but I had practice, but I went over to the house the next day and got a tour and talked to one of the girls. They are going to call me for the next event. At this point I'm unsure if I still want to join. I will only join if I feel a very very strong connection to most of the girls.

I hope that you decide to go back to their next COR event !The more events you go to, the more people you will meet and more members get to meet you :) Best of luck to you :)

I know I haven't updated in a while but here goes...

I went back to a COR event for one house, but didn't feel comfortable at all.

But I have been invited to several events for the women's music fraternity on campus. These girls are great. I feel comfortable with them and I have only been to 2 short events. There is a longer event today and a sleepover type event on friday. I am very excited about this group! There aren't many girls going through the informal recruitment for them, but they said they like it that way, so they really get to know all of the girls. They are not allowed to initiate first semseter students, but they plan to have us pledge/go through the new member period this semester and initiate as soon as possible. I am not sure when they plan on extending bids,but I will keep everyone posted!

That's terrific!! I know some wonderful women from a music fraternity. They loved their collegiate experience and are involved as alumnae as well.

Good luck!

my dorm roommate was in a music sorority and really enjoyed her membership in it. good luck to you!!

CW Would it happen to be Sigma Alpha Iota?

UK has SAI and TBS....but my guess would be that it was SAI.

yep its SAI.

So SAI rush is over. It was a lot of fun and the girls are great, and we got along really well. The members are having a meeting tonight to decide when the "member-in-training" period starts (since you have to have an established college gpa a initiate, they will be pledging this semster and initiatiting next semester). Sometime after they have the meeting they should be giving out bids. I'm very excited and will keep everyone updated!

Fantastic! I can't wait to hear how things turn out:)

Last night I received my bid to SAI!!!

today I went to the Sigma Alpha Iota/Phi Mu Alpha cookout.
I am very excited!

congratulations!!

Congrats to you and Delta Omega Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota! Have fun at UK!

Go Big Blue!

Congrats!!! I am also a member of SAI and enjoyed my time as a member. I am so excited that this opportunity opened up for you. :)

My niece is a member at Valdosta State.:)

Yay! Congratulations to you and SAI :)

I think their badge is absolutely beautiful. I've been curious as to how a chapter of SAI and/or Phi Mu Alpha would have done at OC, simply with the sheer size of the music/theatre department here. Delta Omicron is a *HUGE* deal here.

Congrats! SAI is a GREAT org. I wish we had a chapter where I went to school.

(And, not exclusive of NPC, so if you really wanted to, you could rush again next year...just so you know).:)

Congratulations! The SAIs are a fabulous group of girls at UGA.

Congratulations!

Congrats for you! Sounds like you'll be making some great friendships during your pledge time. Have a wonderful time and keep us updated!!

Congrats to you and SAI!! I am an alum of Tau Beta Sigma!!! I'm about to pm you!!!

But again big congrats!! :)

CONGRATULATIONS:)

Congratulations to you and SAI!
:)

We just found out that the freshmen aren't allowed to pledge until next semster :(. They are still gonna have us come to all to the social events and pledge us asap! Thanks everyone so much!

Enjoy SAI! One of our old posters, RedFox, pledged SAI at UT-K and really loved her experience. She also couldn't formally pledge for a semester, but they worked with her and still involved her in social and music events. I think she had to register for a music class each semester to maintain her membership (requirement even if you aren't a music major at her school.) She had a blast.

realizations
 

I was just reading http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=81766
and I was thinking about the similarities between her story and my own.

When I didn't receive an invite back to pref during rush I was devistated. I could see the positives of the situation, but it still sucked to get cut from everywhere.

I now realize that not joining a sorority has caused a chain of events that I know will positively effect my college experience. Since I didn't rush a sorority I had sooo much free time. I found out that I could still join colorguard late (it is my biggest passion but I didn't think I would have time and college marching band is drastically different from high school. I thought this was negative but it turns out to be avery positive thing). I had so much free time and I was only hanging out with 2 people ALL of the time. I felt like I was on the edge of depression. Not just from not getting into a sorority, but also because I wasn't making any new friends and had nothing to do.

So I joined colorguard after much debate with myself. It turned out to be a wonderful decision for me for the second time in my life. Since joining guard I have met so many new people. I have decided to change my major to arts administration and I am very excited about it (I wouldn't have known about it except for the people I met in band). And now I AM joining a sorority, that I wouldn't have known about or been eligdible for with out marching band. I cannot wait to start rushing SAI next semester.

I realize that this is kind of a long rambling post, but overall I would just like to say thank you to everyone who encouraged me along the way and told me to keep searching for my place!

Thank you so much everyone!

Yay for Colorguard...it was so much fun. I did it my first two years, and probably would have continued, except I hurt my knee at a dance audtion and ended up in the Pit (less marching/awkwardness on my knee).

What are your shows this year?

Good for you! I know it is cliche, but everything really does happen for a reason and it looks like you are headed down a great path to a future career and a wonderful college experience. :)

Yeah to you and the Wildcat Marching Band! Y'all always look great.

http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Music/Ba...ley-rally1.jpg

On! On! U of K!

I was in the colorguard for my first 2 years at UTK and absolutely loved it. College marching band is hugely different from high school, but it's an amazing experience and I'm sure you'll enjoy.

Before I joined they did a show that didnt seem to have a theme really taht anyone could find. It had zorro, when a man loves a woman, and sing sing sing ( the chips ahoy song!)

We did a beach show with Good Vibrations, a beach boys surf medley ft. wipe out(awesome dance feature with the swim, it was so fun), and california girls.

Our last show is a disco show with the hustle (the entire band doing the hustle is priceless), pinball wizard and play that funky music white boy. It should be fun.

C/W-Thank you so much for the update!! I am so happy you are finding your niches on campus! Keep in touch and let us know how your rushing goes next semester.

We did a show that had Sing, Sing, Sing and Rodeo (from the Beef commercial)...we wanted to get shirts that year that had "Color Guard" in the "Chips Ahoy" logo and "Guard - It's what's for halftime", but we couldn't find anywhere to do them for us.


We had the enitre band doing Tower of Power's "Attitude Dance"...that was just special.

Congrats on SAI. It's a great organization. You've got a great connection with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. My best bud is a founding chapter member PMA. I LOVE to hear those guys sing.:D

And CONGRATS on the color guard. That sounds like a lot of fun.

Congratulations on SAI!

The Sinfonians are a hoot--glad you're meeting some really, really cool guys.

Does anyone know if once someone is a member of SAI, can you still join a NPH sorority? I know that I will no longer be elidgible for TBS but I wasn't sure if that holds true for NPH sororities. I asked our president but she has yet to answer me. Thanks!

do you mean NPC or NPHC? Either way, I believe the answer is yes. There are a few GC women that are members of SAI and an NPC group.