Over the year, my perception of some of the sororities had changed a bit;
Croquet wasn’t
as intimidating as I had thought,
Football was really a great group of girls, and not all the
Sunbathers were blonde and bubbly. I wasn’t very interested though. I had only one purpose in mind; to re-pledge
Water Skiing.
I had made some very close friends with the girls on my hall during my freshman year. None of them were in sororities. They all saw how much I loved being in a sorority so by sophomore year many of them wanted to Rush. There was:
“Mother Hen Maureen” who was everyone’s best friend and my roommate. I thought she’d fit in well in
Football or even
Soccer.
“Giggling Jill” who I thought was a shoe-in for
Ice Skating.
“Gentle Jeannine” could fit in at any number of sororities.
“Vampy Viola” was puzzling. I had no idea where to place her.
There was also a close friend of mine who didn’t live on the hall,
“Goofy Gail.” I was hoping that she would pledge
Water Skiing, but I could see her in other sororities as well.
My pledge sisters from
Water Skiing, “Irene”
and “Becky”
hadn’t made grades the second semester either. I begged them to go through Rush again but “Irene” wasn’t up for it and “Becky” was a junior, had started her own business and just wasn’t in a ‘pledging a sorority’ place. She adored
Water Skiing and encouraged me to try to re-pledge. She said, “Become a Water Skiing sister for me.” I was so sad that she would never be my sister.
My other pledge sister,
“Tabitha”, couldn’t understand why I’d want to re-pledge
Water Skiing. She was “setting her sights higher.” (her words, not mine)
My best friend from home,
Iris, was also going through Rush this year at UCLA.
So, once again, Rush began. I didn’t keep notes this time and I barely remember it. I knew the game by then and just flew on auto-pilot.
Hybrid Mode
