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When I went through in 1982, I was invited to 10 of the 15 houses and had to decline two invitations with regrets. One of the ones I turned down was Gamma Phi Beta; even though I had met some wonderful girls during summer rush (also a thing; Panhellenic called a halt to it several years ago after multiple violations of the rules), I had high school and family friends in the other houses and felt that my chances would be better there. Went to all eight houses, then was handed four invitations (the maximum you could accept) for the next round. Five houses had dropped me, leaving three remaining--but Gamma Phi put me back on their invitation list, and after visiting the maximum three houses on pref night, I had Gamma Phi at the top of my list. Later, the rush chair told me that they had never gone back and reinvited someone in the middle of rush, but several girls urged her to put me back on the list because we'd had so much fun that summer.
Also, even though Panhellenic wasn't officially recognized by the university, every sorority and its members were prominently featured in The Cactus yearbook every year.
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