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Now it's January. The girls on my wing have become very close, and we sort of created our own "sorority". Since we are on 3rd West, we called ourselves "Tri Wupsilons".
Our rush began the first weekend after we returned. On Friday, we attended parties at all 5 sororities. Saturday morning, we received our invites, and we could accept 3. Sunday morning we received our pref invites, and we could accept 2. Immediately after our last pref party, we would go to the cafeteria to sign bid cards. Monday afternoon, we had to vacate our rooms so the Panhellenic members could put our bids on our beds (I'm not sure how they knew whose bed was whose, but our names were on the envelopes). At the designated time, we returned to our rooms, got our bids and would run out to the designated location of our sorority.
The party invitations were on cards provided by Panhellenic. Each card indicated the appropriate attire, which on first night ranged from cotton and heels to jeans and things, so all the rushees were changing outfits in the 15 minutes we had between parties!
I'll also tell about the rush of Marianne, my roommate, and Eleanor, another friend.
The Panhellenic reps were our group leaders. There was no disaffiliating; everyone knew who was in what sorority. The freshman RAs, however, did not participate in the rush parties, but we all knew their affiliation, too.
For the parties, our rush "date" came to take us to their party. Most were held off-campus (none were in the chapter rooms) - some at alumna homes, some at various meeting rooms around town. I think the sororities had to get a bit creative at finding venues.
Pride and Prejudice had a Friday Night at the Movies theme, where they showed slides of their activities. My rush date was a pledge (she had joined in the fall upperclass rush - initiations were usually about 3-4 months after pledging). I remember they had the cutest nametags that looked like movie clapboards. My RA was a member of P&P, and most of the Tri Wupsilons had it high on their list. Marianne's cousin was the chapter president.
Emma had a song party at an alumna's home. My rush date was another pledge, who had always said hi to me whenever she saw me the previous semester (but I was pretty embarrassed because I had forgotten her name). My aunt is an Emma, and I was already very, very familiar with their information. I met a lot of members, and was very excited to be there.
As I had mentioned before, Mansfield Park was rebuilding, so a group of us met in the dorm lobby to be taken to their party. They had an American Graffiti party, which involved writing things on paper-covered walls. There were several alums there, and I talked with one for a while. Actually, I don't think I ever talked to any of the active members, so I didn't get much of an impression from them.
Next was Sense & Sensibility. Their theme was Gold Rush, and it was like a wild west saloon. During the fall semester I had gotten to know several members and felt pretty comfortable there.
The final party was Persuasion, with a Journey Back to Childhood party. The members were dressed in pajamas and we sat on sleeping bags to talk to the members. Another pledge for my rush date, who was a bit on the quiet side. I did meet a senior I liked quite a bit. I got the impression that they were something of a more rowdy group.
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