Comments on Pastor Mom: Movin’ In

Ahhhhhhh. Thanks for educating me! :D

2006-09-02T20:53:00.000-05:00

Ahhhhhhh. Thanks for educating me! :D

I'll answer in her stead, just in case she's not b...

2006-09-01T18:33:00.000-05:00

I'll answer in her stead, just in case she's not back for awhile.

Background info: DePauw has/d one of the highest percentages of students participating in social fraternities and sororities in the nation. When we were there, it was something like 80-85%.

Sororities (at DePauw...I can't speak for other campuses) had guidelines for what clothing you could wear while wearing your sorority pin. Actually, they were more like guidelines for what you couldn't wear. You couldn't wear jeans, T-shirts, tennis shoes, other non-dressy shoes, and you couldn't wear your pin while drinking. So pin clothes are just dressy clothes...skirts, pants, nice shoes, nice top, etc.

On the first day of class, since Rush hadn't yet taken place, almost every woman on campus was either wearing her pin (and thus "pin clothes") or her letters. It was quite overwhelming.

Too much info?

Kat, what are "pin clothes"?

2006-09-01T14:37:00.000-05:00

Kat, what are "pin clothes"?

Yes MB please do share a picture of what you were ...

2006-09-01T14:29:00.000-05:00

Yes MB please do share a picture of what you were wearing that day.

I never had that experience but I can imagine the pain.

Ah, the joys of move-in day. I spent much of it co...

2006-09-01T12:22:00.000-05:00

Ah, the joys of move-in day. I spent much of it contemplating -- ONLY contemplating, mind you!!! -- how easy it would be to rip people off and steal all the cool stuff, because everyone was leaving their doors open and all that neat stuff completely unattended. And we call my BROTHER the thief.
(I promise, I was only contemplating it as an intellectual pursuit, NOT for any sort of intention. Besides, on a campus the size of mine, it would get out and I'd never have been accepted by all those cool people... Oh, wait a minute...)

Oh, yes, I remember that too well. I was the firs...

2006-09-01T11:02:00.000-05:00

Oh, yes, I remember that too well. I was the first guy there, and yes, I was the biggest dork. I could not wait for my Mom to leave so I could "get started".

Then, I was a Sophmore Advisor for one year, and an RA for two years, and we were responsible for helping the freshmen move in. I distinctly recall one student who needed to "hit the gym" after his parents left, so he could "work off some of this ... Whoo!"

Ahh, the joys of move-in day... I don't have a cl...

2006-09-01T10:31:00.000-05:00

Ahh, the joys of move-in day... I don't have a clue what I wore, but I know that I had way too much stuff and it filled way too much of the room.

And that on the first day of classes, I overslept and was late for my first class, so I showed up in "straight out of bed" fashion. Nobody blinked.

1) Please tell me you have a picture of what you w...

2006-09-01T10:10:00.000-05:00

1) Please tell me you have a picture of what you were wearing that day.
2) I DO have one (think it's at my folks' house), and am now dying to look at it and remember (and see what I was wearing).
I do remember wearing a very casual outfit on the first day of classes and feeling completely foolish (my first class happened to be with a lot of upperclass women. Who showed up in "pin clothes"!!)

ahhh the memories! I have to agree with you on th...

2006-09-01T09:29:00.000-05:00

ahhh the memories! I have to agree with you on the anticipation factor. Plus I seem to remember the heat being a factor.

I rented an apartment off campus with another girl...

2006-09-01T08:31:00.000-05:00

I rented an apartment off campus with another girl, so I didn't have to deal with any of it. I've heard the horror stories, though!