Year 'after year clubs paint their personality through... CUzadltio11s Traditions kept the social club system alive. Year to year, the stories were passed down to freshmen as they anticipated the events of their first year in a social c1u\lThese traditions both attracted freshmen to clubs and aided them in the club selection process because they painted a picture of the club 's personality. Jay Segadi, a junior member of Pi Kappa Epsi lon, said, "It's our third round mixer that a lot of people know about. It's called 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' and we feed a snake during the mixer. There has been talk of doing away with this tradition, but I wou ld like to see it stay. Traditions, even the silly ones, make the whole thing fun." Pledge week, functions, jersey days, ring ceremonies and senior speeches have all been touched by tradition. Seminoles presented the Seminole Stomp every year on the last night of pledge week. "The Stomp is created mainly by the members and is practiced every night during pledge week by the pledges," according to Micah Gifford, a sophomore Seminoles member. Theta Tau Delta had a traditional spring function. "We all go out to eat in Little Rock and then we go to a Travelers baseball game," said Jesse Jordan, a sophomore member of Theta Tau. Some traditions affected brother and sister clubs in a special way. Tri Kappa and Kappa Sigma Kappa have been connected since 1969. "We have activities together during pledge week and wear our jerseys together on Mondays," said Tim Johnston, a sophomore in Kappa Sigma Kappa. One tradition thatwas unique to girls' clubs was the ring ceremony when a member became engaged. During the ceremony, a candle was passed around with the ring on it, and the owner of the ring blew out the candle when it reached her. "My ring ceremony was reallyspecial because Graham proposed to me at the ceremony in front of all of our friends," said Heather Sutherlin, ajunior member of Regina. Many clubs had sen ior speeches at the end of each semester as graduating members prepared to say theirfinal farewells. "I think my speech wi ll be difficult," said Rita Boudra, a senior member of Shantih. "I've known some of these girl s for four years, and it wi ll be scary to leave them. " - Emily Haas Brown Tri Kappa "gopher"JenniferHoffman starts at the top ofbeau Tim Johnston 's head, with the help ofAmy House, trying to completely cover him in toilet paper at Silly Olympics. Three other clubs also competed in this activity during pledge week. The rules required that each club send two pledges to "wrap abeau. "The clubs cheered for their members in hopes that they would finish first. TRADIT IONS 197 •
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