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Jocelyn, that is very similar to what our girls did to the COBers this time too! They invited the girls who were getting in to another "COB event." Then they surprised them by extending them bids to Chi Omega.
Ah, bid day of 1990.....so long ago. I just remember going up to the student center in this huge herd of girls and waiting in line. There was one long table where they had all the bids and you gave your name and they pulled your envelope out of the little box. I knew from my PX that I had a bid but I didn't know if it would be from Chi O or from Alpha Phi. I opened the envelope and was truly surprised to read "The sisters of Chi Omega cordially invite..." I went flying down the stairs and passed my friend Aimee, and I yelled "What are you????" and she yelled "A Xi D!!!!" and I yelled "Chi Omega!!!!!" I ran down to join my sisters and I will never forget the way they jumped on me when I came out! I do remember looking around for one of my good friends to see where she'd gone...she had been cut from Chi O after 3rd party but had preffed at Alpha Phi and DG. We had been thinking we might end up sisters together at Phi but I looked for her there and at DG and she never came. Later I found out from her sister (who had rushed with us and was in my new pledge class at Chi O) that she'd gotten a call from her PX the night before.....no bid. There was a happy ending though....she went through rush again the next year and met a LOT more girls, and she got into Chi O! The day after bid day there was a huge picture on the front page of the campus newspaper of me hugging her as she came down to join us.
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