A retro midwest recruitment

[oldrusheenowmom]

If anyone has a chance to check out chapter web sites, I believe that Iowa State has some beautiful sorority houses--

Yellow- Alpha Phi
Brown- Gamma Phi Beta
Orange- Alpha Chi Omega
Red- Alpha Delta Pi
Pink- Alpha Omicron Pi
Teal- Alpha Xi Delta
Seafoam- Alpha Gamma Delta (Linda, my rush roommate pledged here)
Taupe- Pi Beta Phi (one of my best friends from my dorm floor pledged here)
White- Kappa Alpha Theta
Purple- Zeta Tau Alpha
Green- Kappa Delta
Gray- Sigma Kappa
Fuchsia- Delta Zeta (besides Karen, another dorm floor friend went DZ)
Navy- Chi Omega
Blue- Tri Delta
Burgandy- Kappa Kappa Gamma (ISUKappa- I remember the garden style dining room being awesome in this house!!!)

A last thing I remember is that one of the fraternities published a1983 New faces- The guys escorted all the pledge classes to their house for pictures, and put together a book: New Faces-- Just think, the start of Facebook Hope you enjoyed a flash back to the 80's-

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by oldrusheenowmom

Burgandy- Kappa Kappa Gamma (ISUKappa- I remember the garden style dining room being awesome in this house!!!)

A last thing I remember is that one of the fraternities published a1983 New faces- The guys escorted all the pledge classes to their house for pictures, and put together a book: New Faces-- Just think, the start of Facebook Hope you enjoyed a flash back to the 80's-

If it was mauve and green and opened to a brick patio, it was still that way when I was in the house. They finally redid it a few years ago - it's very contemporary now. It might have been extremely dated, but I loved how cozy our dining room felt.

And Phi Kappa Theta was still doing the New Faces book when I was a freshman. I really need to find my box of stuff from that year, it would be a riot to look through now.

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

If it was mauve and green and opened to a brick patio, it was still that way when I was in the house. They finally redid it a few years ago - it's very contemporary now. It might have been extremely dated, but I loved how cozy our dining room felt.

And Phi Kappa Theta was still doing the New Faces book when I was a freshman. I really need to find my box of stuff from that year, it would be a riot to look through now.

Yay! I loved coming home to read an Iowa State thread and I figured out a few of these chapters too. I found my New Faces book when I moved from Michigan to Nebraska. I thought it was hilarious.

oldrusheenowmom - When ISUKappa and I went through Rush in 1997, ZTA was no longer on campus, where was their chapter house located?

[blackngoldengrl]

Great thread. I like that it was to short and sweet! However, we might not make it to August if they are too short!

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by bluefish81

Yay! I loved coming home to read an Iowa State thread and I figured out a few of these chapters too. I found my New Faces book when I moved from Michigan to Nebraska. I thought it was hilarious.

oldrusheenowmom - When ISUKappa and I went through Rush in 1997, ZTA was no longer on campus, where was their chapter house located?

It was on Lynn not too far from Alpha Chi and AXiD. It was the Alpha Sigma Phi house (before they moved into the former Sigma Nu house) and is now apartments (surprise, surprise).

[bluefish81]

Oh, maybe it had been reconfigured for the Alpha Sigs, but the building never seemed that big to me. Some of my sisters rented an apartment from the Alpha Sigs one summer.

/end hijack

[PeppyGPhiB]

I just Googled the Iowa State greek site, and found this cool video and article:
http://www.bejane.com/sorority_video

It's very cool, I think, that this chapter wanted to make its own renovations to its house. I'm not familiar with the organization/group that came in and taught the women how to use all the tools...does anyone else? I imagine it could be very empowering for a chapter, and they're skills that every woman should know. I have my own cordless drill, and it is kinda cool

[NUBlue&Blue]

Great Story! I was at Nebraska in the early 80's, and the more I read these stories, the more I realize that I barely remember a thing! I didn't keep notes at all because I was an upperclassman, already knew somebody in every house and didn't need help to keep things straight.

Iowa State's Zetas came to help with rush in 1980 but they ended up closing the house that year anyway.