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To me, one of the most important aspects of Greek life is tradition. Without the rituals chapter members pass down throughout decades, we are no different than any other organization on campus.
One of my favorite sorority traditions my chapter has continued through the years is the annual big sister hunt. When any new member joins most any sorority they are paired with a big sister, one way or another. Their big sister has her big sister, and before you know it a family is born!
Thursday night, dozens of new members showed up at the sorority house wearing a crazy costume that matched or complemented the costume of their big-sis-to-be. (My personal favorite…the girl who was a goose. Her two big sisters were duck…and duck.)
The identity of the older sister is a secret until the younger one finds her way along a string that has been wound throughout the house to her new big sis waiting on the other end.
This may seem like just another “crazy” thing that Greek people do, but a big sister is someone to look up to on a crazy campus that at times may seem just a little too big. She is someone who has been there, done that and probably gotten most of the T-shirts. What’s not to love about someone who already knows where the best parties will be, which guys you shouldn’t take to datenights and how exactly to score an A in the ridiculous lecture class you have to take?
My crazy family grew on Thursday ( I now have a grand-little … I’m so old!) and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have one more person to look out for on campus and have “family dinners” with.
I never had a older sister growing up, but now I don’t know how I ever got by without one!
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this is the cutest blog i’ve ever seen! it’s such a good and postitive representation of greek life. thankyou!
big sis lil sis is one of my favorite traditions of my sorority! it is a wonderful way to have an older girl be there for a younger girl as a guide and just a friend! my lil sis is amazing and so is my grand lil and great-grand lil(the beautiful fire fighter in the picture!) i love this blog because the greeks finally have a place that speaks positively about them!
I’m in a frat and do support the Greek system but honestly, who cares about this?
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