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[NUBlue&Blue]

After dinner on bid day, the girls run from fraternity to fraternity singing their newly learned sorority songs to the new fraternity pledges; the pledges then sing back and give the girls roses. But...since most of the fraternity pledge classes are smaller than the sorority pledge classes, sometimes there are not enough roses to go around, so getting in the front of the pack will get you a rose at every house. They end up with HUGE bouquets of all different colors of roses.

Originally Posted by bejazd

what is "running for the roses" ???

I hope that's not chasing after a man with a rose. I never chase a man anywhere. He either brings the roses to me (preferably white!) or he sleeps on the couch.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

After dinner on bid day, the girls run from fraternity to fraternity singing their newly learned sorority songs to the new fraternity pledges; the pledges then sing back and give the girls roses. But...since most of the fraternity pledge classes are smaller than the sorority pledge classes, sometimes there are not enough roses to go around, so getting in the front of the pack will get you a rose at every house. They end up with HUGE bouquets of all different colors of roses.

That's very cute. Although I'm inclined to agree with bejazd. The boys should be coming to YOU...not the other way around (and should bring enough roses for the whole class).

[NUBlue&Blue]

Not sure why they do it that way. The do go off campus for bid day festivities, so I really don't know if all the sororities do it at the same time, or they just start doing it whenever they get back to campus.

Details become scarce once they go away to college.

[bejazd]

Thanks NUBlue!

I'm just kidding of course. (I'm a little partial to my naughty boy Sigma Chis and their white roses. ) We pretty much did the same thing on our campus..we called it "tapping"... the fraternities brought their pledges to our house and they sang to us, and we took our pledges to their houses and sang to them. although as I remember it if there were flowers involved they brought for example, pink carnations to our president.

We girls have to work together to train these boys better. It's flowers for all of us or none of us...and bring them often! with candy! (good practice for later when it's going to take flowers, candy and jewelry...)

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

After dinner on bid day, the girls run from fraternity to fraternity singing their newly learned sorority songs to the new fraternity pledges; the pledges then sing back and give the girls roses. But...since most of the fraternity pledge classes are smaller than the sorority pledge classes, sometimes there are not enough roses to go around, so getting in the front of the pack will get you a rose at every house. They end up with HUGE bouquets of all different colors of roses.

Sounds like fun, but do they still do this "after dinner on bid day"? I'm just asking because of the NPC unanimous agreement about not involving men in any bid day activities. Maybe the "bid day" technically ends with the dinner or something?

[gtdxeric]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Sounds like fun, but do they still do this "after dinner on bid day"? I'm just asking because of the NPC unanimous agreement about not involving men in any bid day activities. Maybe the "bid day" technically ends with the dinner or something?

From my memories from my time on IFC, it's my understanding that bid day ends at 4:00 or so that day, at least on my campus. Any running around and singing is unofficial, and not part of bid day activities.

[NUBlue&Blue]

I should've said that they go off campus AFTER official bid day festivities, so the chapters all return at different times.

And my daughter likes to be front and center, so that's probably why she REALLY wanted to be able to run!