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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.
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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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