The pink boxes were actually schoolboxes -- you know, the hard box kind with the flip top lid kids use to throw their crayons in. We had to get pretty contact paper/shelf liner to cover the outside. The inside then had to be divided into six sections and six types of candy was put in each section.

IT WAS JUST CANDY THAT WE HAD TO SERVE THE SISTERS. When people found out, they were like, "THAT'S IT?" For years and years and years they made it seem like there was some uber classified precious thing the pledges had to carry in their boxes. The boxes were covered in pink cloth, and tied the old Japanese way, to be carried in the proper manner around campus.

As far as the pumpkins go -- I have no idea why the other sorority chose that. I know their pledge period begins in mid-September and lasts till Hell Week in the Spring. If I'm not mistaken, their pledges carry the pumpkins around till the end of Fall semester.

These two sororities, to my knowledge, haven't held rush let alone pledge anyone in recent years. I visited my collegians during Greek Week and another local (one that was dormant while I was in school) is going strong, and from what I hear from my collegians...this group has a great bunch of girls and are NOTHING like the locals in the past. Good for them.