Next step?
Report to the activity room in the student center at 7:30…
We all were sitting in chairs in a room down the hall; I was talking to another girl who also had attended
MM pref. She was so nice and I was hoping to be her sister!
We were called one by one into the activity room. I pretty much knew what the outcome was, but again, I had no idea about this stuff! Finally I was called – my PX walked me into the back of the activity room (I believe behind a curtain?) and said… “
Martian Manhunter would like you to become a member of their chapter, do you accept?” I was giddy with excitement, “YES!” I accepted the bid and was “shoved” into the room of waiting sorority women while my PX shouted, “The newest member of
Martian Manhunter…. WONDERWOMANAK!”
My new sisters and all of the other women cheered! The nice girl from the waiting room was also a new
Martian Manhunter! I was home. There were four of us total from formal. Four came later from COB & Snap Bids. Later in the semester we took two more (after my “half” was initiated.) for a total of 10 in my class!
Our PXs revealed their chapters – and now I knew why mine were so excited – my main PX was…. A
Martian Manhunter! The other PX we met? ALSO A
Martian Manhunter!
Now my big reveal, did I become a DDD? Was I at my grandpa’s school?
I did not attend Lafayette College… so no grandpa’s school.
However, my FAVORITE member of the Justice League,
Martian Manhunter, just happens to be….
PHI SIGMASIGMA
at Clarion University!
In case you were wondering – I am in fact AngelPhiSig.
Some interesting things about my story:
-My sister attended CU during 1998-1999. She then left to go to another school. She had an interest in joining Phi Sig. She did not have the GPA at the time.
-"Kathy", my dance team captain from HS? She turned out to be my “New Member Educator” or at that time in Phi Sig terms it was MOC. A job that I then had right after her! (Kathy is NOT her real name)
-The clothing item that would give my campus away? We have these “bowling jackets”… they’re interesting. Phi Sigs are BRIGHT YELLOW. DZ used to be pink – now white, Zetas were blue, all others were white… they’re easy to see across campus. The stuffed item? A teddy bear, our local mascot.
-The other PX? She turned out to be my BIG
-The nice girl who took me to the bid party? She ended up disaffiliating, however, she was my BIGs first little.
-The time between Philanthropy parties (Feb 4th) and Pref (Feb 5th) a year later, would be my initiation into
Tau Beta Sigma… midnight on Feb 5th 2001.
-The nice girl from the waiting room? Jess_Pom who used to post on GC.
-The shout out sorority, Hawkgirl?
ASA, my shout out to 33Girl, who I haven’t seen in years, since I haven’t been able to go to ALF (aka homecoming.)
So, who were cast of players in this story? As I said, I found value in all of the chapters. I was NEVER turned off by any of them and when making “cuts” I did so in thinking about how I fit into the picture. It was NEVER a case of, “They’re not pretty” or “They were mean..”
The fantastic women of the CU Greek system in 2000 were:
Martian Manhunter – Phi Sigma Sigma
Batman – Delta Zeta,
Flash – Alpha Sigma Tau
Green Lantern – Delta Phi Epsilon
Superman – Zeta Tau Alpha
Blue Beetle – Sigma Sigma Sigma
Aquaman – Theta Phi Alpha.
I would love to see TPA come back to Clarion - I want our Greek system to be thriving and to expand. I did hear of some fraternities coming back, which is great. We had 9 when I joined... then a lot left.
I will tell you; this scrapbook is like a time capsule. I saved EVERYTHING. I have my brochures from ALL of the sororities. I have my nametag from my first bid party with Phi Sig (fall 1999!) I have ALL of the stuff from formal – flier, info packet, schedules for the parties… I saved EVERYTHING. I am excited to have this so that I can better explain it all to my step-daughters who will be college bound in two and four years.
My oldest and I just scheduled her first college visit & my youngest keeps asking about joining a sorority! Especially since I have just started a new Beta Sigma Phi chapter and re-discovered my love of GC, our house has been sorority central.
I hope you enjoyed this! I had fun reliving my time and how young and naive I was back then! I also love looking at my pictures and seeing my pre-recruitment, Meet The Greeks outfit, my pinning (with my BIG!), our fun times during our new member period, my initiation (St Pats Day 2000!) and so many other fun times during my first semester in Phi Sig!
Thank you for reading!! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! It was actually the topic of my novel for NaNoWriMo this year - but life got in the way of finishing it!
<3Alison