The University of Texas at Austin Recruitment 2010

[Miriverite]

Originally Posted by nittanygirl

Love the pictures. The Zeta house kind of looks like the ZBZ house on Greek!

I was about to say that too =)
Any pics of the AXO house?

[homeward*bound]

Skit and Philanthropy Days
I'm back! My timing was off on skit and philanthropy days and I didn't have much spare time so I didn't get any action photos --- but I did get a few photos of chapter houses that were requested here:

Alpha Chi Omega
If you look closely you can see the legendary plastic bags lined up along the steps and the Rho Chi sitting up by the front door.





Alpha Phi




Alpha Xi Delta
I think this was the house that was once one of those unfortunate 1960s monstrosities and recently remodeled into something more traditional looking. It's very lovely!



Kappa Kappa Gamma

[homeward*bound]

Preference Night
It was still over 100 degrees for Preference Night. The PNMs deserve a medal just for looking so lovely and running on heels between their parties! Black was the primary color of the evening, with a few animal prints and other colors thrown in here and there.





Pi Beta Phi




Kappa Alpha Theta


Kappa Delta




Alpha Xi Delta

[homeward*bound]

Preference Night
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Alpha Epsilon Phi


Chi Omega

[qbt1990]

Originally Posted by homeward*bound

If you look closely you can see the legendary plastic bags lined up along the steps and the Rho Chi sitting up by the front door.

What makes the plastic bags legendary? hahaha

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by qbt1990

What makes the plastic bags legendary? hahaha

I'm guessing that the PNMs get a plastic bag to put their belongings in, for in between houses? I've seen one school where the bags are clear plastic so that you can see what's inside (so that you aren't sneaking anything out of the houses. When I worked retail, we could only carry our stuff to and from the store in clear bags given to us for this purpose, and were patted down every time we left the store.)

[Splash]

I feel ridiculous asking this, but does the ZTA house look very similar to the ZBZ (Greek) house?

[gee_ess]

Thanks for getting a few shots of the KKG house! I have never seen a picture of it.

And, for all Texas pnms who may be looking at this some day: that suggestion in the recruitment booklet about wearing black on pref is there for a reason. They can't officially require pnms to wear black but those that do not look out of place out of the loop.

[arrowlady]

How fun to see the pics! My rec girl went A Xi D, she is so happy and I am thrilled for her.

[flirt5721]

Originally Posted by arrowlady

How fun to see the pics! My rec girl went A Xi D, she is so happy and I am thrilled for her.

That's great. I thinks that the first AXiD I've heard about on here.

[zetalove88]

Yes, the ZTA house looks very similar to the ZBZ House on Greek! I lived their last year, and we were told one of the producers for the show is a UT Alum, and modeled the show's house after Zeta's!

Cool huh??


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[TXAPhiGirl]

LOL. It does! It was WICKED hot during Rush this year, and these girls were true troopers. They really took the heat in stride. I hope all PNM's found a new home. Good luck to any of your Rec's out there.

[Benzgirl]

Cousin's daughter pledged Kappa at UT.

[gee_ess]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Cousin's daughter pledged Kappa at UT.

Congrats to cousin's daughter!

[CAAtexas]

Just thought I'd update that the new sophomore quota that was implemented for Texas recruitment this year was very successful. SEVERAL sororities took this to their advantage, and even "top" houses took in more than 2 sophomores, a few even took in a couple juniors. Sophomores do not have to be THAT worried about rushing anymore... granted it is still difficult (much more difficult than coming in as a freshman), every sorority took in more than one sophomore this year, even every "big 6" house.