Fun, Friends and Food = Bid Day 2008

By Kate Barousse

This year more than 800 girls have registered for Rush, an annual event where girls go through a process and join a sorority. Walking the row, meeting incredible people, and finding their home away from home, are only part of the girls’ crazy week. The most important day is Bid Day, Aug. 23, when the girls receive their bids for one of the 10 sororities on campus.

Planning for Recruitment week is no easy task. “As the Vice President of Recruitment I began executing plans for Recruitment 2008 in December,” Khaki Jardine said. “A majority of the work during the school year goes into training and meeting with the chapters’ Recruitment Chairman and Advisors.” Rush is a week of crying, walking, sweating and laughing. All the stress comes to an end when the girls receive bids on the last day, Bid Day.

Part of Jardine’s job is to make sure each sorority chapter turns in the correct forms on time. Both the Panhellenic council and the sororities plan Bid Day. Panhellenic council starts the day with the distribution of bids and the music down the row. The second part of the day, the new members join the actives at the house and take part in a celebration. “There is a party down sorority row after all the bids have been distributed. A DJ plays music, while each chapter enjoys food, games, and takes pictures at their houses,” Jardine said as she described Bid Day.
The day usually concludes with a swimming party at an alumna’s house, watching movies, playing icebreakers, or a slumber party at the sorority houses. This is only the beginning of many fun-filled years in the sisterhood.

If interested in the recruitment process or more information, please visit http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/greekaffairs2.nsf/index.