A very retro rush - with frills

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Waaaayyyyy back in the dark ages, I went through rush.

A bit of background, while neither of my parents had been in greek organizations, my uncle and his wife had. This aunt was also a national officer of her organization (but not a major officer) and I had been raised to know this group inside and out. My father was very eager for me to join a sorority, and he certainly had his opinions about them! I think his main source of information was an article that was published in Texas Monthly about rush at UT. Mandatory reading for me. Had to recite paragraphs verbatim (not really, but almost).

So I applied to two colleges - one that had national sororites, one that had local only. Guess which one was selected?

At the time, my college had 5 sororities. Since I love Jane Austen, I'll call them:

Pride & Prejudice
Emma
Sense & Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Persuasion

Yes, I know that leaves out Northanger Abbey, but that really was one of her weaker works.

Just to show you how long ago this was, my first introduction to these sororities was when I received letters from a member of each of these groups, welcoming me and telling me a bit about the college and their group. This finally ended sometime around my junior year but it was a really nice tradition and made me feel welcome. I returned letters to each, except for Mansfield Park, who had neglected to give me her return address. I had a good correspondence going with Emma, Sense & Sensibility, and Persuasion.

And then I arrived at campus...