(Un)Official Auburn University Sorority Recruitment 2010 Thread

[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.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by 33girl

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.

Clearly. I don't know anyone in my age bracket who didn't LOVE getting shirts.

Part of the excitement of the event was seeing the tee shirt design. lol.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

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.

I just loved never having to carry a camera to events. Plus, as a new member, I got so excited when I got the prints in the mail with my letters on the bottom! It's also nice to have dated photos now that the events are from 6 or more years back.

My mom also had professional prints from events at her (small, northern) school. She still has a framed photo of her and my dad at an AGD formal with her letters, the event, and the date on the bottom, and I think it's cool that it's now on a shelf with a similar print of my husband and me at a DG one.

Like KSUViolet06, I loved getting shirts for everything. I still wear some of my favorites, but most of them stay in a box nowadays.

[AnchorAlumna]

We had the local photographer (Zap photos in Tuscaloosa) at everything, including rush - I have several pix from 1972 and 1973. I don't remember them interrupting our pref ceremony for photos, but I have a picture of me with a couple of rushees at second and third rounds. I've seen similar pix posted on Facebook by alumnae of our Auburn chapter.

[ComradesTrue]

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.

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.

Back to your regularly scheduled Auburn thread...

[carnation]

One of my favorite pms ever--justamom messaged me once and said she carefully chose recruitment pictures of her daughter from one of those negative sheets and when she got her large pictures in the mail--that girl wasn't her daughter!!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

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.

I'm in my early 40s. We all had multiple letter shirts and sweatshirts and of course the big thing was jackets. But as far as event shirts were concerned...we had shirts for Derby Daze and Greek Week, and a one-off for one year when Theta Chi had an all-sorority mixer. That was IT. We never thought of getting shirts for date parties...why would we? They were semi-dressy affairs that lasted one night, at the houses or very near campus. Formal favors were usually glasses or squeeze bottles.

When I go back now everyone has homecoming shirts, but the thing is they have a lot more places to get them from nowadays. We only had the campus bookstore or the sporting goods store in town. And neither was exactly cheap.

Honestly, I think wiser heads before us probably evaluated the Clarion weather (cold and rainy for the majority of the school year) and decided jackets were a way better investment than a bunch of t-shirts we'd be wearing under sweatshirts anyway.