Our bid day is the evening on the same day as preference (which is in the morning on a Sunday). All the sororities meet at what is called University Park where there's almost like a small outdoor arena built into the side of a small hill. All of the sororities get there early and sit on the hill and wait for the girls (who meet at the Union, open their bids all together and then walk over together). The new members, one by one (or sometimes together if they're going to the same sorority) announce over a microphone what their name is and which sorority they're a proud new member of. Then a few (or a lot) of the girls in that sorority run out and hug her (sometimes accidently knock her over!) and bring her to back to their group and give her balloons, flowers, t-shirts all that stuff. And then after the girls are done, the Rho Chi's and Panhell E-board go up one by one (they've got their letters tied around their waist) and say what Rho Chi group they were and say that they're so happy to be going home to ____ and take their letters of their waist and hold them up. And we all run out and get them. It's neat b/c the PNM's always try to guess what sorority their rho chis are in, and it's fun for them to see who is in what sorority. It's really emotional for the actives and rho chis though, sometimes we can't hold ourselves back long enough from running out to bring them home. And then afterwards the sororities usually take the girls back to their house or go out to dinner or something. I really like the way we do bid day. I can't wait to hear what other schools do!
