Okay this one is for my Sistergreeks of Delta Sigma Theta. I hope it makes you laugh.
I had no idea at the time that I would become a member of any sorority but my first greek encounter was with Delta...and what an encounter it was. Whenever I think about this story, I laugh (almost out loud) because it was so funny and embarassing for me at the same time. I have never told anyone this story but I want to share it with you and the rest of gc because I think I'm over it now.
Anyway, for most of my high school years I didn't know anything about the NPHC orgs or anything about greek life in general but in 12th grade all of that would change. Towards the end of my senior year (1991) my best friend and I decided that we were too mature and became disenchanted with the house parties that our peers were throwing so we wanted to try something new. We first started to frequent this 18 and older non-alcoholic club in the downtown area of Philly and then we heard that college kids threw parties at the YMCA not far from Temple University's campus. One night we decided to go to a party that the Deltas from Temple were throwing there but we had no idea who the Deltas were at the time or anything about greek orgs; we just wanted to party. The party goers were mostly Temple students but it was open to the public so we were able to get in.
Anyway, once inside we started to have a good time dancing, watching all the college kids, and looking at the different groups doing their party strolls. We still had no idea who these groups were; we just assumed they were a part of some college club or something. We heard all of these different calls and thought these groups were doing what we did in the neighborhood. In Philly, many of the urban neighborhoods have calls. So when the Deltas did their call we thought it sounded a lot like the call we did in our neighborhood to represent the North side but it sounded a little different so we thought it was a new one that just the college kids were doing. So since we wanted to fit in with the college kids, we started to do it too. We were just a OO-OOping it up when one of the Deltas tapped me on the shoulder (while I was dancing) and smiled and then whispered in my ear..."Please don't do that...that's our sorority call"...
. I looked around and noticed that only the Deltas were doing the call and was immediately embarassed, so I said "uh...I'm so sorry" and my friend had the
face too when she realized we weren't supposed to be doing that. But the Delta was nice and went back to strolling with her sorors like nothing happened. My friend and I then looked at eachother with the
face and went back to dancing. We had no ideas at that time about one day going greek but when I went to college and saw NPHC greeks on campus for the first time, I had to laugh to myself.
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