|
For the record, the illicit Clearly Canadian in question was Cherry - and it was wonderful. Another house got in trouble for pink straws, but, eh.
Thanks for all your kind words - they mean a lot. And with that, I bring you:
Round Three:
Rushee was looking forward to the house tours in Round Three. She really wanted to see more of the Clue house, and she felt excited about Monopoly and Life. When she got to her Rho Chi, she was surprised to see that she had been cut from four of her eight houses: Scrabble (no shock), Sorry (no worries), Clue (DAMN!) and Monopoly (WHAT?!!?). She understood that Clue was legacy heavy, had a long tradition, and while she was sorry to see them go, she couldn’t get too worked up about it. Getting cut from Monopoly was a complete surprise. The “word on the street” was that they rarely cut anyone – they were a smaller house, more diverse in membership and said to be less selective about their invitiations.
In fact, most of her Rush Group was desperate NOT to go back to Monopoly. Rushee was disappointed, but if they didn’t want her, it was their loss.
But lest you think Rushee was angelic beyond belief, she did utter cattily, "I guess I wasn't ugly enough to be a Monopoly". In years to come, she would have friends in that house, so she is sorry for having been so mean.
At this point, she was headed back to four houses she still really liked, so again, she put on a great dress and headed out to her parties:
Pictionary
Chess
Life
Checkers
Chess – The women of Chess had a newer, more modern house close to campus. The house had a sleeping porch, which Rushee thought was weird, but what did she know? She really, really liked the girls, she thought that she might be a good fit…but.
Checkers – She loved seeing this house – similar in location and style to the Checkers house. The sisters were very friendly, and the house seemed warm and inviting. Again, she thought they were great…but.
The “but” had been weighing on Rushee since Rush began. Checkers and Chess were the two Jewish houses on her campus. She had been born to a Jewish father and a Christian mother – but neither parent had strong religious beliefs and she had been raised under the “Do Unto Others” school of Judeo-Christian ethics. This worked well for Rushee. She assumed that because of the ethnicity of her last name (which wasn't really McGee, after all) and because she didn’t wear a big gold or diamond cross, she had flown under the radar at Chess and Checkers. Her lack of religious conviction was fine with her, but would it be fine with Checkers or Chess? She saw Chess didn’t appear to have non-Jewish members, but knew that Checkers definitely did.
Rushee tried to table her concerns and concentrated on her remaining two parties.
At Life, she toured the house with a sister who showed Rushee her photo album. Rushee thought to herself that she could see herself in those pictures. She thought the girl she met was a little odd, but decided that she’d rather have odd than cookie-cutter. Especially because in spite of the “odd” goldfish comment at their skit party, the sisters at Life thought she was worth inviting back.
At the Pictionary house, Rushee felt at home. The house was old, historic and lovely. They showed her the Engagement Room – where one of each year’s residents always got engaged, and they talked about the ghost that lived on one of the floors. They had out displays of their treasured symbols and were friendly and charming.
Rushee decided that any of the four houses would make an excellent choice for her. She ranked her choices and went back to her dorm room.
Coming tomorrow... A special installment titled: "What Went Down Between 3rd and Prefs". Heavily featuing Silly Oldschool.
|
Hybrid Mode
