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04-20-2013, 04:45 PM
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Cooler painting (as in "the painting of coolers")
http://pinterest.com/kjbama14/cooler-connection/
I haven't seen this in California.
Where is this a trend?
There's a column on TSM (Total Sorority Move) that makes it seem mandatory to craft a masterpiece when you get asked to a fraternity formal.
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04-20-2013, 04:51 PM
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This is definitely a trend in the south...and it basically is mandatory to craft a cooler for a fraternity formal on campuses where it's popular
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04-20-2013, 04:52 PM
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They do it in south Georgia for sure!
ETA: my son has an ADPi/Sig Ep one that someone gave him--maybe he went to an ADPi formal? His fiancee is a Phi Mu and I don't think she cares for it too much. 
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04-20-2013, 05:00 PM
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The trend has migrated to Ohio. Both at Cincinnati and Miami, I know such gifts were given this semester.
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04-20-2013, 05:35 PM
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Cooler painting is pretty popular here in Florida colleges, but not so much with my chapter. For formal its not really a mandatory thing but some girls do it. The ones who are in sororities usually paint one.
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04-20-2013, 06:08 PM
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Everyone at Mizzou does it. If a guy asks you to his fraternity formal, it's basically mandatory that you make him a cooler.
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04-20-2013, 07:02 PM
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I know some sisters from Virginia Tech who own decorated coolers, and it was the first I had heard of it.
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04-20-2013, 07:53 PM
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Pledge moms (similar to the old-school Little Sisters) give painted coolers to the new fraternity initiates at my son's school. My friend said the Big Sister Thetas at UGa gave them to their Littles when they initiated as well.
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04-22-2013, 11:25 PM
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Pledge moms (similar to the old-school Little Sisters)
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Um NO. Unless they are all attached to one fraternity and have a pledging program, they ARE NOT.
This whole cooler painting thing is stupid. If we would have given guys those, they would have said "Why the @#$% did you waste money on this crap when you could have spent it on alcohol?"
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04-23-2013, 06:34 PM
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This whole cooler painting thing is stupid. If we would have given guys those, they would have said "Why the @#$% did you waste money on this crap when you could have spent it on alcohol?"
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According to my nephew, the coolers come filled with beer - allegedly.
Now when I was an undergrad, the coolers I saw (and used) were white styrofoam coolers. And the “really cool" ones might have a decal (school logo and/or GLO letters) slapped on it. 
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04-24-2013, 01:42 PM
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According to my nephew, the coolers come filled with beer - allegedly. |
But even so....if you didn't buy puffy paint YOU COULD BUY ANOTHER 6 PACK.
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04-20-2013, 10:33 PM
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Painted coolers are pretty big at Clemson too-one of my friends in a sorority was working on one in our hall the other night. If you walk by one of the sorority dorms on a nice day you can usually see a few girls painting them on the outdoor tables.
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04-20-2013, 11:33 PM
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I was at a hotel in Tennessee when two winter weekends were being held, and one painted cooler was better than the next! One that I thought was skillfully painted had ice cubes on the sides, with cans of beverages riding along on the ice. Here are some ideas.
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04-21-2013, 12:18 AM
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The trend is starting to pick up at ASU. Hopefully I'll get one at our next formal!
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04-21-2013, 12:59 AM
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It's starting to pick up in Oregon too.
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