The University of Texas at Austin Recruitment 2010

homeward*bound · #1 08-18-2010, 11:43 PM

Last year I had the good fortune to accidently encounter some of the recruitment action at the University of Texas, and I posted a few quick phone photos here. The positive response inspired me to try to get over to campus this year and get a few more for my friends at Greekchat. Tonight I bribed Mr. Homeward*bound with tacos at our favorite place in west campus. In return he had to drive me around so I could snap some sorority house photos. Recruitment begins tomorrow. The tents are up. This is the calm before the storm.

Delta Gamma

Alpha Delta Pi

Zeta Tau Alpha

Delta Delta Delta

Kappa Alpha Theta

Pi Beta Phi

Alpha Chi Omega

Kappa Delta

Chi Omega

More in the next post since Greekchat apparently has limits on the number of images in each post.

homeward*bound · #2 08-18-2010, 11:46 PM

Alpha Epsilon Phi

Alpha Xi Delta

Those are only the chapters on west campus. I apologize for the poor quality --- but that was the best I could get for night photos, with a phone in a moving car. It had nothing to do with my wonderful photography skills!

I'm not sure if or when I will be able to get over there this week --- but it's possible I may have more to post in the coming days.

gee_ess · #3 08-19-2010, 08:08 AM

Thanks, Homeward Bound! Your description of the "calm before the storm" is very apt!

arrowlady · #4 08-19-2010, 08:51 AM

Great to see the houses in the calm! Thanks for the pics. I wrote a rec for a great pnm. Keeping my fingers crossed for her she is an amazing girl!

tinydancer · #5 08-19-2010, 04:10 PM

It is fun to see the houses quiet and waiting! It makes me homesick for Austin in the fall.

homeward*bound · #6 08-19-2010, 07:32 PM

Day One: Open Houses

Just a few photos I took while cutting through campus this afternoon. The PNMs' shirts are purple and the Rho Chis (Pi Chis?) and members appear to be wearing hot pink shirts. Everyone is wearing the requisite khaki shorts and trainers.

PNMs running to their next party. I don't know how much time they have between parties but there is no sorority row at UT and the houses are spread out:

Alpha Delta Pi

Zeta Tau Alpha
You can't see them too well, but the PNMs are sitting on the porch at the front of the house.

Delta Delta Delta

Chi Omega

Kappa Alpha Theta
You can see the members singing and chanting in the door.

AXOrushadvisor · #7 08-19-2010, 07:49 PM

UGH!! I can not even imagine running in that heat!

FSUZeta · #8 08-19-2010, 08:07 PM

great photos!! thanks for going to all the trouble!!

Low C Sharp · #9 08-19-2010, 08:11 PM

Seems like torture to make them run, but I'm glad to see PNMs in pony tails. That's the only humane choice at this time of year!
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gee_ess · #10 08-19-2010, 09:58 PM

I love the action shots! Keep it up! I wish the kappa house was in this section!

homeward*bound · #11 08-19-2010, 11:17 PM

Thanks, everyone. I'm glad you're enjoying it, and it's no trouble for me at all. I live very close to campus and have a lot of appointments in the area, so cutting through campus only takes a couple of extra minutes. I'm having so much fun seeing the action. The only thing that would make it better would be if we had a Gamma Phi chapter --- but of course then I'd be there helping out and not able to drive around taking photos.

Gee_ess, I'm going to try to make it over to the Kappa and Alpha Phi houses at some point. They're in a different part of campus and I haven't had a chance to easily get over there yet.

DubaiSis · #12 08-20-2010, 02:46 AM

and please the Alpha Xi house in daylight!

arrowlady · #13 08-20-2010, 02:14 PM

Love the pics, thank you so much for posting them!

ree-Xi · #14 08-20-2010, 02:22 PM

One of the women in my AXiD alumnae group is a grad of UT at Austin. She is the sweetest person!

nittanygirl · #15 08-20-2010, 02:27 PM

Love the pictures. The Zeta house kind of looks like the ZBZ house on Greek!