Today was the first day of rush week at the University of Iowa. I moved into my dorm today, which took about three hours. Then my mom took me out to lunch and then she had to go to a parents meeting for those who are going through rush. I got my textbooks, then she came back, and my rush kick off started at seven. To the kick off I wore a aqua key neck shirt with a white shirt underneath and a knee length jean skirt from the Gap.
We all met in the student union and got little cards with our names and Recruitment Counselor group. We met with our Rho Chi's, and mine is super nice. We all introduced ourselves and played a little ice breaker where were talked about ourselves and where we are from. Then we mixed with the guys that are going through fraternity recruitment and listened to a great speaker that spoke on behalf of the Greek Community. This woman was very eloquent and well-spoken, and she sounded so professional. After that, the speaker addressed a panel of Greek students on brotherhood, sisterhood, what the Greek bond is like, etc... Then we met with out PX's again, and she handed us out recruitment booklets. They have photographs of the houses in there, and all of them are beautiful. I'd seen some of the houses before, but they are so nice. I can't believe I get to go to them tomorrow. In the booklet we have spaces where we fill out how we felt about each sorority after we visited them. Then our Rho Chi answered questions and we filled out forms. She told us the standards of what not to say ie. boys, partying, and bank accounts (what your parents do for a living). We have to meet with our PX tomorrow at 7:30 AM
, and then the parties start at nine, and last till nine. We visit all 14 sororities for like a half and hour. I really liked today and thought was very informative and well-presented. The only thing that bothered me were some kind of rude PNM's, they answered their cell phones during the speaker, and kind of joked around. Also, some girls talked about drinking and partying, and how they wished that they had more parties, and they wanted to ask the sorority members about that because that was the reason they wanted to join and such. They must have been watching Sorority Life too much because that was all they thought sororities were! Hopefully they will see what they really are about.
Anyway, I'm off to bed, tomorrow is parties all day long!
Lauren
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