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Old 08-25-2007, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by AngieWashU View Post
According to the book Bound by a Mighty Vow, the reason the term "rushing" was coined was because for the sorority and fraternity members rushing to the incoming to trains to pin/pledge the members they wanted.
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Originally Posted by AlexMack View Post
Okay...that's wonderful. Not sure how that's a dirty rushing story.
I think she was responding to this:

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair View Post
One of my dear, older friends told me that when her brother arrived on the train to attend Ole Miss as a freshman in the 1930s, he got off the train wearing his Sigma Chi badge.
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