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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Okay all you "oldsters" - what activities, traditions, clothing rules, etc., did you have back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and you were an active?
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Well I was in school during the change-over from big hair to grunge. So we:
Used real candles during candle passes and pref (the idea of "turning off" a candle still seems odd to me)
We recieved flowers during pref that you kept (but my first year as an active was the first year we had to take the flowers back before they left)
"Bucks" were the shoe of choice for all "sorority girls"- my GDI friends used to say they could tell if someone was greek if they had on bucks; also popular were the cloth book bags with letters sewn onto them
Lots of flannel. Big hair was reserved for formal and dressy occasions, but it was still around. Flannel was the choice for everyday.
Our pledge classes still had "names"- mine was the Zeta class. Meaning we were the sixth pledge class since our chartering. They aren't allowed to do this anymore. We even had pledge class group pictures taken every year on bid day.
Pawpurs was also known as Pampers, the bar where "baby greeks" (Freshman and Sophmores) hung out. Once you were legal, you moved on to the Fab Four- The Junction, The Pub, The CI, and The Crystal. Pawpurs was a great place to befriend greeks in other orgs.