The week after Homecoming, Recruitment started in earnest. The parties were as follows:
Friday: Chapter Night. Cookies/Punch only.
Saturday: Skit Night. More Elaborate Food.
Sunday: Preference Parties: VERY Elaborate Food.
There would be only one round of releases – after the skits. PNM could only attend 2 Sunday parties.
Monday: Bids given out and House Parties.
It was going to be an exciting week! We were divided into our groups by dorm floors with our RA s (Resident Advisers) and Pan delegates serving as Rho Chi's. About 150 ladies signed up for recruitment including about 20 sophomores. Among the ladies in my group were Tish and Deb ( they were roommates), Kathy (a HS friend of mine), Sandy (a new friend) and . . . . MY ROOMMATE????? Wait. She was anti-GLO - - Huh?
Yes, my hippie holdout, anti-establishment, pot-smoking roommate was going through recruitment. “It's all my family,” she admitted. “They want me to at least try it out.” All I can remember thinking was, “This won't be pretty.” And it wasn't, in more ways than one.
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