Spring is Near!

"I see trees of green..."

Spring has finally arrived! Although I'm sure that I just jinxed the weather.. the sun has finally shown itself from beneath the dull and dreary clouds of winter.

Kids have come out of their dorm and started being social on the big green lawns. Girls laying out on blankets, chatting with their friends, or reading a book. Boys playing frisbee, throwing a ball, or running around.

I felt like I had finally become social again... after a long winter of being cooped up in the dorm I was starting to see familiar faces that I recognized from the fall.

I talked to people who were planning on going to lacrosse games and outdoor events! Uptown was bustling again as people decided to emerge from their winter siesta and decided to fiesta!

Sitting in my classes I anxiously watched out the window as the beautiful sunlight streamed through. I couldn't wait to get out of some of my classes just so I could walk down the street and feel the warmth on my body and the sun on my face.

There is nothing like spring in Oxford. It is beautiful... I can't wait to watch the trees blossom, and the grass turn green again. The nice thing about Oxford is, no matter the season it is always beautiful!

In the fall the red, orange, and yellow leaves complemented the brick buildings, in the winter a blanket of snow quiets the town, and in the spring beautiful flowers sprout and the trees begin budding!

What a beautiful place Oxford is!

Rushing at Miami: Part III

I suppose I could have titled this post "Pledging at Miami" because once you submit your choices for sororities to Panhel then you are in the process of pledging a sorority.

On Sunday I laid on my bed impatiently waiting on my GLG to deliver my bid to my dorm. Finally, around 4 p.m. she knocked on the door. She handed me an envelop and left. I slowly tore open the envelope and received a formal bid that announced that I was apart of the Pi Beta Phi Baby Angel 2010 Pledge Class!

There was an invitation to meet at 6 pm at the suite. I was so excited! I could hear screaming outside of the room. Girls were running up and down the hallway to their friends rooms, knocking on the door and announcing their new sorority.

I opened the door and came eye to eye with the girl who lives across the hallway. Kathryn had excitement in her eyes, "I'm in Pi Phi! I'm a Baby Angel!" She announced. "I AM TOO!" we started screaming and she picked me up and spun me around "You're my sista!" she kept saying.

Her roommate Liza was also a Pi Phi, and two girls down our hallway, KK and Julia, were Pi Phi's too. We all got quick showers and had to wear a white top with jeans. I was so confused as to whether I should wear a nice white shirt, or if it would be a shirt that would just go underneath a new shirt we would get.

Millions of questions were going through my head, who was going to be in my sorority? Would I know anyone? Would the girls be nice? Were they as nervous as I was? What were we going to do tonight? Were the older girls going to be nice and welcoming, or are they going to be mean and unwelcoming? When do we get to start going to parties with fraternity boys?

The most important question was, am I going to find my new best friend in Pi Phi?

We showed up at the suite. I could tell everyone was nervous... I noticed that one of the girls who was in my Travel Group was in Pi Phi. I was so excited! She was really nice... I walked over and sat down next to her.

We spent an hour getting to know the other girls in our pledge class. We told embarrassing stories, and then we were assigned our Beta Buddies. Our Beta Buddies were partners for the night, our seat partners when we got on the bus, and we got to know them better.

My Beta Buddy was Charlotte. She was loud and boisterous. We got along great! We spent the evening laughing and getting to know some of the other girls in our pledge class. We were introduced to the sophomores who would become our bigs and took our PI BETA PHI PLEDGES 2010 PICTURES.

It was a very exciting evening, and suddenly I had lots to do. We had sisterhood events, philanthropy events to participate in, and parties with other sororities and fraternities. My life seemed to be engulfed by the Greek system!

Wonderful things happen both when you are in a fraternity/sorority, or when you are not involved in Greek life. The only thing that matters is that you are having a great time!