Pledge Week at GCC: Day 1
Today is the first full day of hazing...I mean pledge week...I mean "Greek Unity Week". From Sunday to Sunday our days are filled with groups of girls or guys wearing the exact same outfits. Our nights are filled with...well, you'll see. Since the frats generally aren't as obnoxious and are on the other side of campus, I'll just focus on sorority happenings. The girls who had signed up for rush week last week finally narrowed down what sorority they wanted to join, and submitted their bids. Last night the sororities replied to the bids and let the girls know if they were in or not. After that, all eight sororities marched around the girls dorms, standing in various places screaming out their sorority chants. I'm not sure exactly what time it was, but it was pretty late. That was followed by Gamma Chi (one of the more notorious sororities) doing, what I hear will be a daily ritual this week. They all get together on their hall (which is above me) with their sorority paddles. They then rapidly bang the paddles on the floor, meowing (their mascot is a cat). This went on for about 20 minutes, also late in the night. Tonight is table pounding, when all the sororities get together in our IM room and poud tables and cheer for the new pledges. So it has been another evening full of obnoxious cheers. More to follow...