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Greek Life Game-days

By Tilley-Claire Guillen

September 21, 2024, at 11:30 am

          Saturdays are game days in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and every other college town around the nation. On this particular game day, I got to witness how Greek life does their thing. I went with my roommate to the Theta house once again, but this time it was a whole new picture. All the sororities take pictures outside their house on game days, they all stand outside the big, intimidating doors taking cute pictures with their “sisters.” All of them wearing game day pins that have sayings like “Thetas Love Cowboys.” Accompanied with cute orange and black backdrops to liven up their Instagram worthy photos.

            I mentioned that each of the houses have their own special details that makes them stand out from the rest. The Theta house has a diamond paved in the concrete that no nonmember can walk across. As my roommate walked up to the house I noticed as she walked the border of the diamond, along with many other girls. There is also a smaller diamond plaque stamped on the brick above the doorway. These diamonds are kites, which is the symbol of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Every sorority and fraternity have their own symbol. Examples of some are, the Alpha Delta Pi’s symbol is a diamond, Zeta Tau Alpha’s symbol is a crown. So anytime you see a college girl holding up a funky hand sign in the shape of a diamond or a crown you know they are either apart of the ADPI or Zeta sisterhood.

            After I observed the houses and the girls living in them. I turned around and I started to see the life on the streets that pass through these beautiful structures. I could see clusters of families and friends walking on the sidewalk to the game. All of them using their hands as a fan to cool off from the blistering heat. Girls coming out of the house with boys waiting outside to go with them. Big trucks passing through with grills and frat boys in the beds of the truck. Those boys were headed to set up their tailgate for before the game. Each fraternity has a reserved area in which they hold a tailgate that students and parents can all go to. Each house having their own community all for a football game.

 





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