Editor’s Note: We think it’s in good taste, but due to possible sensitivities, we’re publishing this light-hearted listicle on sorority life anonymously.
1. Frockets, v-necks, and tanks: three of sorority girls’ favorite words. They may not think they’re buying their friends, but they are certainly helping to sustain the screen-printing business. Between recruitment shirts, Panhellenic shirts, philanthropy shirts, function shirts, Family Weekend shirts, intramural shirts, and spirit jerseys, there should be no limit to how many variations of oversized shirt/Nike shorts/pulled-up tube socks/running shoes outfits they can wear to not work out in.
2. The new informal recruitment rules. Now that sorority members are allowed to text freshmen, dirty rushing is easier than ever! Just as long as they don’t follow each other on Pinterest: the implications of the kind of closeness where a sorority girl repins a freshman’s wedding board are a black hole of bid promising and hurt feelings.
3. The return of yoga pants and leggings as pants. If it’s too cold to pair Norts with your oversized T-shirt, it’s time to break out the leggings. Thin stretch fabric is definitely warmer than jeans on a cold day, definitely.
4. Philanthropy events. Fall is the season of seemingly constant competing and fund raising for other groups’ service organizations. Participation is generally mandatory, which is a drag, but dunking DGs and pie-ing ADPis is strangely fulfilling, so they muster their schadenfreude and slap down a dollar to call it philanthropic spirit.
5. Tailgates. What better way to show off your fading tan than wearing a sundress and sorority button while sitting on the Goodwill couch of your favorite frat? Bonus cougar points for checking out the freshman guys who are trying to impress the brothers.