re: pledge names
We didn't have pledge names, but rather sister names that were revealed the night we became sisters. Some were obvious, some had stories....and for some the reasons are secretive (ie. they relate to some secret parts of our sisterhood)
My sister name is Plum (which is why my screen name is sisterplum!)....I got it cause when I was a pledge my then-very-new sorority didn't have a ball. The Alpha Gamma Delta chapter at our school invited our sisters and pledges to their ball and I went.....I wore my prom dress, which was purple. My sisters thought I had planned it (I didn't) but my prom dress and my cell phone were the exact same shade of purple!!!! Hee hee! I'm the biggest purple fanatic around...and thus the sister name of Plum!
Can't wait to see the new season of Sorority Life (and Fraternity Life too!

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