IrishPipes' Retro Recruitment Story

[OldAOPi]

AGDee - my story could sure ditto yours - from the "Wow, it's hot could I have a glass of water" at the same house where I told them I was tired of looking at trophies...gee, wonder why they cut me - - - I liked them! (almost 30 yrs)

I figure we need about 20 more stories to get us close to the live reality showtime!

[irishpipes]

I am not sure if I will finish posting the story, but I'll set it up. I'll wait until Maggie at Elon and TrojanWoman are finished to get into it.

This was Fall Formal Rush at the University of Illinois in August 1987. At that time, Illinois had 22 NPC sororities.

Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Xi Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Phi
Alpha Chi Omega
Gamma Phi Beta
Delta Gamma
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Phi Epsilon
Zeta Tau Alpha
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
Chi Omega

A 23rd NPC sorority, Delta Zeta, was in the process of recolonizing that fall, but I don't remember knowing anything about that until after rush ended.

My code names, in random order (after counties in the Republic of Ireland):

Waterford
Mayo
Galway
Limerick
Cork
Carlow
Kildare
Meath
Donegal
Kerry
Tipperary
Kilkenny
Wicklow
Roscommon
Wexford
Dublin
Clare
Monaghan
Sligo
Longford
Leitrim
Offaly

[SWTXBelle]

Hope Gamma Phi is Waterford - hey, that's my crystal!

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Oh, c'mon, use real names!

[raincoat]

go Wicklow!

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Oh, c'mon, use real names!

And deprive you of the fun of guessing?