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I know I'm being a hypocrite, but I kinda find the hype funny. Only because I know my university and I know that this guy and his fraternity are not at all the stereotypical testosterone raging Animal House stereotype. They do good work for the school and the community. That doesn't make this prank right, but I know no one got hurt (this time) so I can laugh about it. I'm horrible. Flame away!
Something else funny about the Sig Ep Streak-- in days of old, the newly initiated brothers would line up late late late in the night, just after they'd been initiated and then liquored up. They'd line up by the Pike House at the beginning of Greek Park, stripped down to their boxers, displyaing painted Sig Ep letters and symbols on their bodies, puff on a vintage stogie, and at the signal, they'd drop their shorts and run like hell to the end of the street, where they'd jump in the lake. A couple of sorority women would be pre-warned to spread the word, and the girls would line the streets to bear witness to this semesterly rite of passage.
Well, in spring 98, instead of streaking at 5 in the morning, the guys did it at 8 PM on a Sunday (the night we have chapter meeting). Everyone was leaving chapter, and hauling benches and chairs off the sorority house porches. The guys lined up, ran down the street, jumped in the lake and back to the Sig Ep house, when they were accosted by the UCF-PD. I heard they were all charged with indecent exposure, but that could just be a rumor.
I was one of the ones snapping photos at the event, and I was schocked that Walgreens developed them! Couple years later, I was in a class and the people I was sitting around were all introducing themselves. It turned out we were all Greeks. This one guy was named Greg. I said, "Oh you're a SigEp, right?" And he smiles and goes, "Yeah, how'd you know?" I turned bright red and mumbled, "Um, I've seen you around." Yeah... as in ALL of him. LOL. And in pictures!
It is sooo wrong for me to be laughing about this. It just helps perpetuate all those stereotypes. But ah.... college!
Last edited by adpiucf; 03-26-2004 at 09:32 PM.
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