Pink sequin girl?

[pinksequins]

Core 4 is definitely a Duke term. (Mom is a Duke grad.). I cannot for the life of me conceive of pink panty hose or high heels in North Carolina in any decade. And, no, it's not me -- I just selected my user name based on the crazy story. Question for ChiOLuSleuth: Does the presence of ZTA in the 90's at OU still work? Phi Mu would be there too but both AOPi and APhi would be missing.

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Core 4 is definitely a Duke term. (Mom is a Duke grad.). I cannot for the life of me conceive of pink panty hose or high heels in North Carolina in any decade. And, no, it's not me -- I just selected my user name based on the crazy story. Question for ChiOLuSleuth: Does the presence of ZTA in the 90's at OU still work? Phi Mu would be there too but both AOPi and APhi would be missing.

Yes, Zeta could work. From the GoT retro recruitment thread, there was a mention of the newest sorority having a new house, which HindSight identified as ZTA. Plus Phi Mu would be the traditional southern sorority (their HQ is south of Atlanta), instead of what I thought might be Alpha Phi.

[Hindsight]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

Yes, Zeta could work. From the GoT retro recruitment thread, there was a mention of the newest sorority having a new house, which HindSight identified as ZTA. Plus Phi Mu would be the traditional southern sorority (their HQ is south of Atlanta), instead of what I thought might be Alpha Phi.

Phi Mu wasn't at OU yet when I was at OU in the mid-80s, but came on the scene later - 2002-2006, I believe.

One thought - could the smaller school be Auburn? It has a very active Greek scene, and one of my friend's daughters was a Phi Mu there in the last 7 years.

[FSUZeta]

Duke is in no way a "southern" recruitment. It is an expensive, prestigious, private school that just happens to be located in the south. Too many sororities there to fit the story.

Uf is a competitive recruitment, but except for the Lilly, I wouldn't consider it particularly southern-also too many sororities. Private college Rollins is known for its rich students, but that is all that it has in common with the story.

Frankly, I don't know any campuses where the described first round outfit would be acceptable, especially the pink sequined panty hose, but I think ChioLu did a great job.

[ChioLu]

Oh, I forget the name of the store, but there used to be a chain hosiery store in malls in Tulsa that sold all kinds of interesting hosiery and tights -- many different patterns & colors. Not a big, national chain -- it seemed more like a Southern or SouthWest thing.

Would Emory (private) and UGA (public) work? Emory has had several sororities come & go -- currently there are 6 chapters. Was there a time that Georgia just had 11 chapters? Also, a similar chain of hosiery stores used to be in Atlanta (I remember the store in Lenox Mall in the early 1990's).

[honeychile]

I remember being somewhere with my DH, and seeing a teenager wearing pink hose with something akin to pink sequins on them, and I almost lost it. I just told him to remember what he saw, and I'll tell him the story later. His word, "Hooker?" I'll have to ask him where we were.

[pinksequins]

FSUZeta, I agree! I don't see this story in North Carolina at all. Not Duke. Not pink hosiery. The sorority houses at UNC are pretty but not grandiose. None Tudor.

And ChiOLu: Agree that Phi Mu is a better fit as the "traditional Southern sorority" than Alpha Phi.

[Loyally Kappa]

The smaller school would most definitely NOT be Auburn. They are a public land grant university. Very big school.

[pinksequins]

Oklahoma. I beieve that ChiOLu is correct. Per IrishPipes' thread, APhi left in 1998 and Phi Mu arrived in 1998. If Phi Mu occupied the APhi house, then it fits the Telluride description as she noted.

[sigmagirl2000]

I caved. Can't believe I just wasted that much of a lovely summer day on that :-\

[FSUZeta]

Welcome SoonerMama and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

[SoonerMama]

The reason I brought up the twin twirlers is that they weren't really cheerleaders, but maybe a small enough detail to change? The twins who were KKG were both petite and dressed in a more flashy style than was common on campus in the late 80s/early 90s - and BOTH ended up in law school. The ChiO twin twirlers also both went to law school.

[TXGreekMom]

Originally Posted by SoonerMama

The reason I brought up the twin twirlers is that they weren't really cheerleaders, but maybe a small enough detail to change?

Just another data point on the mystery discussion... but it was how the author referred to cheer in her post that set off my very first fiction alarms. A real cheerleader would never have used some of the terms she used.

So, if this was based on a real set of twins, but the author wanted to use cheer instead of twirl for her roman à clef, that would explain why the terminology was wrong...

[fascination]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krD4hdGvGHM

[jolene]

I'm new to GC and somehow found this thread and then had to read the Pink Sequins one. Y'all have me literally LOLing. I want to know the ending, too! Danggit! I'll never view pink sequins in the same way ever again.