Fast forward to October. I settled into dorm life, and began to make friends. One particular Saturday afternoon, my roommate and I were hanging out in our dorm room, when another knock on the door came. (Actually, we were consuming, ahem “beverages” concocted in a blender…remember, the eighties were not an abstemious era!) I opened the door, and there were two sisters of Berlin, smiling at me and asking how I had been. I had been half expecting something like this to happen. (I suspected that Antoinette, my wonderful rush counselor, had given my name to the office of student life.) They invited me to dinner at the house, the following Monday.
Monday night rolled around. I donned the blue shirt dress with the puffy sleeves, and set out for the Berlin house. The sisters of Berlin seemed really happy that I was back. I don’t remember many details, but I do remember thinking that meeting the girls of Berlin for dinner did not feel like rush- it felt like I was meeting friends. I remember one of the girls sat with me while I waited for an escort back to my dorm, and showed me all of her Berlin photo albums. I spent a few more evenings with the sisters of Berlin, and was pleasantly surprised at how much fun I had with them. A couple of the Berlin sisters also greeted me when they saw me on campus. I had liked this group during formal rush, and I liked them even more now that I was getting to know them in a more relaxed way. They were not as big, or established, as some of the other chapters, but that did not bother me. I was looking for a group where I could make close friends. Finally, I was instructed to stop by the Office of student life at the appointed hour, and pick up an envelope…..I picked up my envelope, and opened it to find a bid to Alpha Gamma Delta!
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