We are zebras and you are.....?

blueangel · #1 08-10-2005, 10:00 PM

At Gamma Iota, we use the zebra as our mascot for ZTA. I know a lot of other chapters use the bunny. What's your mascot?

And part two of this question.... does your chapter have a "dessert" (other than strawberries?) Our tradition is the peppermint/oreo dessert. We would make an oreo crust and use pink peppermint icecream inside. Yum!

DixEGalZeta · #2 08-10-2005, 11:58 PM

Teddy Bear!

Just strawberries for us!

ZTABullwinkle · #3 08-11-2005, 01:18 AM

My chapter started out using a clown, but changed it to a bunny (not sure when).

As for a special dessert, I usually make dirt cake for Preference and retreat. Using strawberries of course for the "plant." My chapter sisters LOVE it!

blueangel · #4 08-11-2005, 06:25 AM

That was probably a smart move. Did you know that there are people with "clown phobias?!!"

ZTAngel · #5 08-11-2005, 08:17 AM

My chapter used the white tiger as our symbol.

ZTAMich · #6 08-11-2005, 08:57 AM

My chapter used the Turtle as our mascot.

It's fun in our alumnae group to talk about what our different mascots our chapters used.

EtaPhiZTA · #7 08-11-2005, 09:13 AM

We used the Zeta "cuddle bunny" as our mascot. No special deserts at my chapter. I feel so deprived!

radioZTA · #8 08-11-2005, 10:31 AM

We used teddy bears my pledge semester. The next year our province president came in and got rid of any animal mascot. That was the late 1980's. Now I've seen the girls use bunnies.

I didn't know that bunnies were considered a Zeta thing until after I graduated from college. I have always collected bunny stuff and now have a little bunny as a pet. He is gray, of course!

We had chocolate covered strawberries at pref and as our special treats.

gaangel5 · #9 08-11-2005, 04:10 PM

My chapter used angels as our mascot.

FSUZeta · #10 08-12-2005, 01:12 PM

back in my day, we had butterflies as our mascot at fsu. now they have the bunny.

and blueangel-that was our dessert!! we always served it at prefs. and it was even published in the zta cookbook that came out in the 90's(or was it the '80's?)

ladies, if you've never tried this, ya just gotta!!

use the largest pkg of oreos you can find and a gallon of peppermint ice cream.finely crush oreo cookies, sprinkle a layer of cookie crumbs into a 13 x 9 pan(reserving half of crumbs ) spread softened peppermint ice cream on top of crumbs and sprinkle the remaining crumbs on top of ice cream. cover and place in freezer until frozen. cut into squares and serve on chilled plates. yum yum!!

we called this "ant hill pie" at our house.

zetamere · #11 08-12-2005, 04:00 PM

Delta Lambda's mascot (Ga State) is the gator. Kappa Sigma helped the chapter a great deal when it was colonized in 1961 and as a thank-you the chapter adopted their mascot the gator. We're the only gators we know of in Zeta Land.

There are some other unusual mascots out there, keep the posts coming! Christopher Newport in VA, our newest chapter, adopted the Flamingo!

ZTABullwinkle · #12 08-12-2005, 04:45 PM

I had no idea bout CNU. That is too cool. If you want letters with flamingoes, let me know. I know who has them!

radiozta - I think the fear of clowns was one reason our mascot was changed to a bunny.

FSUZeta · #13 08-12-2005, 04:45 PM

kappa tau chapter at fl. gulf coast university has flamingoes as their mascot too!!

blueangel · #14 08-12-2005, 04:56 PM

Just out of curiousity, is there any reason we've never adopted a national mascot?

And... FSU Zeta.... question for you. I don't remember ever hearing any mention of strawberries in connection with ZTA when I was in school. Were strawberries adopted as a symbol fairly recently?

DixEGalZeta · #15 08-12-2005, 06:44 PM

Strawberries have always been a part of Zeta....