(Un)Official Auburn University Sorority Recruitment 2010 Thread

WregleXO · #1 08-05-2010, 08:57 PM

The photographers that were at our parties came in before the rushees did and I don't remember them being there on pref. They just took the group pictures that you usually would take at any other party. And the proof sheets were only available to the members to look at and buy. Now of course this was the early 80s - I am sure that this has all changed.

AGDLynn · #2 08-05-2010, 09:09 PM

Hijack/
Just read a cute book..I won't give the name because someone might read it.

Anyway these girls who went to a private school were being killed in various ways. Turns out the killer was the school headmistress who thought the girls were not acting as proper as she thought they had been taught and should have been acting..

Okay back to thread!

Katmandu · #3 08-05-2010, 09:15 PM

A little OT, but to follow up on the Pref as Ritual statements... I hear this a lot, and always wonder, if pref ceremonies are ritual, they certainly can't be secret ritual, since at least half or more of the women attending will not end up being members. I don't ever recall back in the day, refering to pref as ritual, especially since our chapter's pref party activities changed radically at least once while I was an active, and pref ceremonies were not all the same across the boards in our chapters. But, that was when dinosaurs walked the earth.

//ok, back to regular programming......

33girl · #4 08-05-2010, 09:25 PM

I just know that on here SOME (not all) sororities have said they do things in pref that are ritual. Obvi it's not the same as a sisters only thing, but I do think there's a difference between a potential member and a 25 year old male photographer.

(FWIW, I also can't quite understand the practice of letting professional photographers into private mixers and formals.)

KSUViolet06 · #5 08-05-2010, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

I just know that on here SOME (not all) sororities have said they do things in pref that are ritual. Obvi it's not the same as a sisters only thing, but I do think there's a difference between a potential member and a 25 year old male photographer.

(FWIW, I also can't quite understand the practice of letting professional photographers into private mixers and formals.)

Why?

See, I didn't even go to a huge Greek school and we had photographers at formal. We also aren't really DOING anything at formal that I wouldn't want anyone else to see. I mean, girls bring dates who are obviously not in our chapter. The photo guys weren't usually old either (maybe 25 or 30). They also weren't really interacting with us. Kind of like the photog at a wedding, if he/she is good at what she does, you don't even notice him/her.

33girl · #6 08-05-2010, 10:01 PM

A formal is one thing that I can maybe see. I just don't think any of us saw the point of paying for it when we were all taking a zillion pictures anyway. Having a professional photog would have seemed a little too high school prom-like.

A mixer is quite another. By definition, it is a private party between a fraternity and a sorority...no one else to be admitted. Period.

I think this all goes along with my thinking it's stupid to have a t shirt for every single mixer, philanthropy, date party and other event. It's a generational thing.

KSUViolet06 · #7 08-05-2010, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

I think this all goes along with my thinking it's stupid to have a t shirt for every single mixer, philanthropy, date party and other event. It's a generational thing.

Clearly. I don't know anyone in my age bracket who didn't LOVE getting shirts.

Part of the excitement of the event was seeing the tee shirt design. lol.

dgdramadawg · #8 08-05-2010, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

A mixer is quite another. By definition, it is a private party between a fraternity and a sorority...no one else to be admitted. Period.

I think this all goes along with my thinking it's stupid to have a t shirt for every single mixer, philanthropy, date party and other event. It's a generational thing.

I just loved never having to carry a camera to events. Plus, as a new member, I got so excited when I got the prints in the mail with my letters on the bottom! It's also nice to have dated photos now that the events are from 6 or more years back.

My mom also had professional prints from events at her (small, northern) school. She still has a framed photo of her and my dad at an AGD formal with her letters, the event, and the date on the bottom, and I think it's cool that it's now on a shelf with a similar print of my husband and me at a DG one.

Like KSUViolet06, I loved getting shirts for everything. I still wear some of my favorites, but most of them stay in a box nowadays.

ComradesTrue · #9 08-06-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

A formal is one thing that I can maybe see. I just don't think any of us saw the point of paying for it when we were all taking a zillion pictures anyway. Having a professional photog would have seemed a little too high school prom-like.

A mixer is quite another. By definition, it is a private party between a fraternity and a sorority...no one else to be admitted. Period.

I think this all goes along with my thinking it's stupid to have a t shirt for every single mixer, philanthropy, date party and other event. It's a generational thing.

To the bolded: maybe a regional/school thing? I believe you and I are of the same generation and I assure you that we had a stinking shirt for pretty much every time someone sneezed. Three date parties a semester, chapter retreat, rush, bid day, any greek wide contest (Derby Days, etc), homecoming, supporting the athletic teams, generic shirts (I <3 Theta, etc) and on and on and on. And yes, everyone pretty much bought them all- it wasn't just the freshmen.

As for the photogs- yes we were in that big time too. There was a campus-wide business ("Flash!") that would photo EVERYTHING. Pretty much everything that I mentioned that there was a shirt for above, as well as football games, all campus events, etc. We did not allow photographers into the house during rush, but we did have "Skit Night" prior to rush where we practiced/showed off our skits (note plural) to our local alumnae, and the photographers came to that.

Obviously this was in the days before digital photography, so every Monday we all would go over to the Greek store and scan hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of negatives hanging on the wall. You could look at your events as well as casually mosey on over and scan through other chapters events (pretending to have been a Fraternity date of course). Always fun to smirk at how trashed and un-lady like some of the other chapters were at their parties, ignoring the fact that there were several of our own negatives that we conveniently tore off the display.

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