[LionTamer]

Wow - never saw this many ASAs in one non-ASA thread!

Our rush chairman dropped out without telling anyone, and I was appointed rush chairman the first day of school (about two weeks before rush started).

One theme that worked really well and didn't tax anyone's clothing budgets was a Safari. Everyone brought down all of their plants, and we covered the suite with them (try to get as many trees or huge ferns as possible - call your friends with apartments) Also, we put a few jungle stuffed animals around (we had some dim bulbs, so we had to specify--monkeys, lions, tigers, but no penguins or bears) For clothing, girls could wear shorts or khakis and camp shirts (short sleeved cotton blouses), hawaiian shirts (not authentic, but hey, it was short notice) and of course, any type of jungle-print or animal-print sundresses, skirts or shorts. Against our President's wishes, I said flip-flops were fine, given the theme. It was different without being weird, and the rushees got a laugh out of seeing a large stuffed orangatang on the piano.

Edit: This could be updated by calling it a "Survivor" party. Could definitely make for some interesting food choices.....