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Originally posted by kstar
I have a question: Why on earth would you want to be drunk and shouting at the football field in a dress and heels, especially in the hot, humid 90 degree September sunshine? I mean, here at OU, you don't sit during football.
Why not be cute and comfortable? Wear khakis and a cute top in school colors?
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OK, I may be a little ignorant about the whole northern thing, but I don't think all schools do this, so I'll explain part of the reason we dress up...
Every fraternity sets up a tailgate tent, with PJ, Kegs, and sometimes good ole Jack and Coke. You dress up to impress the boys.
ALSO, it's just a southern tradition. At Wofford, even when I was in high school, I dressed up to go to the games. And they are not SEC. It was probably even more of a big deal there because it's so small.
Now, with that said, many people do not dress up. Here, it's kind of just an understood thing that as long as you aren't going to the tents, you don't have to dress up. BUT, if you're going to show up at, say, Sigma Chi... you'd better have a cute little dress and sunglasses with croakies. Also, it's not quite as important with the northern fraternities. DU girls dress in jeans and little midriff bearing shirts sometimes. But you won't see that at Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Sigma, ATO, KA, or SAE. A big understood.
Sorry if this sounds really snobby, but it's just the way it works. If you wanna see southern tent-culture at it's finest, go to Carolina Cup on Saturday... trust me, you'll see it out in it's full glory there... hats and all!
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