I wasn't going to do this, but ...

[Ocalagirl]

Longhorn Steakhouse makes the best fried cheesecake I have ever had!!

Is that the name real name of your school or a pseudonym?

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by Ocalagirl

Longhorn Steakhouse makes the best fried cheesecake I have ever had!!

Is that the name real name of your school or a pseudonym?

It's a real nickname of my alma mater. But not the real name of the school.

[gtdxeric]

Originally Posted by Ocalagirl

Is that the name real name of your school or a pseudonym?

You might try googling it.

[Ocalagirl]

I did after I posted and figured it out, but thanks!

[neosoul]

as I am currently stuffing my face with cheesecake, I am obligated to read this thread...

yay!!! looking forward to reading more

[AGDLynn]

North Avenue Trade School is a pretty good school!

[BBelleADPi]

My nephew was just initiated last semester into the Kappa Sigma chapter at North Avenue Trade School. (My Kappa Sigma husband was thrilled!) And I wrote a rec for a girl who is now in one of the chapters there, so I am very interested in this North Avenue Trade School thread. More, please!

[tld221]

ummmmm. i want more. right now. yoo tink dis is a joke? nuh uh.

updates. now.


(and why did i google the NATS when i already know what school you attend(ed?))

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by gtdxeric

You might try googling it.

North Avenue Trade School always makes me laugh.

[violetpretty]

Wait, is fried cheesecake an actual food?

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Wait, is fried cheesecake an actual food?

Voila. Fried cheesecake. (It's definitely the best dessert to get at Longhorn's.)

[DSTRen13]

The next semester, while I was president of the school’s AIESEC chapter, one of the AIESEC members was president of the school’s Omega Phi Alpha chapter, and encouraged me to attend Rush after I commented on needing more female company (I lived on a predominantly male hall at a predominately male school). Rush was a one-night event, and I couldn’t make it (AIESEC again). She arranged for me to meet with a group of sisters for dinner instead, and, since she was cool (and she was the president, so that was a good sign, right?), I went. The girls at dinner were great and encouraging, but not pushy. After talking with them and learning some more about the org, I decided to pledge – I liked the idea of a service sorority (a clear-cut purpose that I could understand no problem) and I liked the sisters (a really laid-back, diverse group of women that were easy to talk to) – and no house, so no scary floral print! Being a part of OPhiA opened my eyes a bit to exactly what some of that “weird, Greek stuff” I hadn’t understood before was all about.

Fast forward to the next year. Walking through the Student Center of North Avenue Trade School, I happened to glance at a display case (like a store window display) featuring a sorority I had never heard of before, “Cookie”. The motto and other aims of the sorority really stood out to me, and I stopped and looked at the display for a minute. Realizing I was blocking traffic, I wrote down the letters and went about my way. Later, I looked up the organization online. I began to get excited about Cookie – I didn’t know that there were social sororities like this! I realized once I began looking at websites that Cookie was a black sorority. I had heard of black sororities, sort of – I knew that one of my favorite professors was a member of one – but I had never known any details about them before. I also had no idea if, being white, it would be acceptable for me to even to seek membership. Looking up information on the chapter of Cookie at my school, I discovered that the campus advisor was none other than my boss at one of my on-campus jobs, whom I adored. I hoped that she wouldn’t mind if I asked her about her sorority …

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

I also had no idea if, being white, it would be acceptable for me to even to seek membership.

You're white; KSUViolet is black. Up is down; right is left.

(I'm totally kidding and I know that none of the groups are really racially exclusive, but it's kind of cool to be reminded with real life examples, and I'll admit that both were kind of a fun surprise to me. I wasn't even aware I was making racial assumptions, but when races were revealed, I realized that I had been.)

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

I also had no idea if, being white, it would be acceptable for me to even to seek membership.

I had a friend who once told me that while she was in college in Chicago, at a predominately black school (she's white) she started the process of joining an NPHC sorority. She told me this story while I was pledging Alpha Xi Delta, so at the time, I didn't know just how different the NPHC process was. Anyway, she told me she was 2 weeks out from initiation, and she heard one of the sisters make a comment about "I cant believe we're going to initiate a white girl..." My friend dropped out of the process and didnt look back.

Like I said - when she told me this story, I didnt know the differences between the processes of NPC and NPHC and it broke my heart to hear this. After learning that the process is completely different....I wonder if my friend's story was true or not....

*edit* To clarify - the reason I wondered if her story was true is based on the 'process' itself - not the fact that an NPHC would take a non-black member. I STILL dont know that much about the NPHC process, but from what I gather, it's not exactly a new member period and then initiation the way NPC is. My friend made it sound like the NPC process.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

Voila. Fried cheesecake. (It's definitely the best dessert to get at Longhorn's.)

Ummmm, because it needed to be even more caloric.

Really though, what isn't improved by being deep fried? And isn't the only downside to regular cheesecake the texture? Now, it's crispy on the outside.