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Now it is spring semester of my son’s senior year. He has been accepted to the U and is 100% planning on going there.
He periodically gets calls from the rush captain of Hoover inviting him to events that they are having, but due to playing a spring sport, he can’t attend. He started getting emails from a member of Pinto asking him to come to stuff. He had no idea how Pinto got his name, he didn’t know the guy, or anyone else in Pinto, but he said he would try to make an event when he could get to college town. He also ran into the friend he stayed with from Boon and was told that he had a spot on the couch anytime he wanted to come back. So, my son started looking on the calendar for free weekends that he could go visit.
Hoover was planning a big party, an event that they hold annually, and is a big rush event for them, and luckily, my son had no games that weekend, so could attend. Once again, he and a bunch of his friends headed to college town. They were all sleeping on the floor (or a couch if they were lucky) in the rush captain’s place. The party was huge! Tons of people go to this, including kids from other colleges, so my son was able to visit with people who had graduated and gone off to other schools. Unfortunately, because the party was so huge, he really didn’t talk to too many members of Hoover, he was still hanging out with people from home. But, he said that the party was awesome and he had a blast!
A few weekends later, the big, fraternity wide rush weekend was to be held. This is an event that has been going on since before I was in high school (in the dark ages), and I remember going to college town for it. I think it was probably crazier back in the old days, the college has tried to clamp down a bit on the wildness, but all of the fraternities still hold parties – some are open to everyone, some need an invite or your name on the rush list. My son planned to go come heck or high water!
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