Chicora College for Women - Nods and Becks Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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BELOW: Enjoying the Bid Night celebration, Julia kurdt and kim Tesh teach the song “Lets Drink a Toast to the new kappa Delta pledges. ABOVE: Before the Saturday parties begin. Rush Counselor Martha Lide waits with her group of rushees outside the Chi Omega house. LEFT Performing in the “Chi Omega Choo-Choo” skit during the Saturday party. Copper Allen, Beth Lee, Caroline Cotham, and Leslie Addington sing, “Thank God. I’m a Chi O girl.” Rush 7

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“The Greek Way” “Greeks Just Want to Have Fun,” and the members of Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Ome- ga, Kappa Delta, and Phi Mu were there to prove it in September. Earlier in the month, Rush Coordinator Cathy Jeakle, along with the Panhellenic Council and Rush Chair- man Rebecca Reagan, called regular all- Greek meetings to go over regulations and stress Greek unity. At midnight on Wednes- day, September 26, “simple greetings” be- tween sorority sisters and rushees officially went into effect. Rush ’84 was underway. RIGHT: Exhausted after a weekend of revelry, Suzette Shears, Ann Johnson, Annie Lowrance, and Karen Dellinger relax in the Phi Mu house on Bid Night. Rushees were divided into eight groups, each headed by a rush counselor, and taken to a series of parties in the sorority houses over a four-day period. Thursday “introduc- tion” parties lasted fifteen minutes each; Friday “information” parties lasted for thir- ty minutes. On Saturday, the sororities pre- sented skit parties, but each rushee could only visit three houses. Following the Pref- erence parties on Sunday, rushees filled out pledge cards listing their choices, and that night all women who received bids ran down to Sorority Row to join in the Bid Night celebrations complete with decora- tions, food, and group pictures by Steve Kelley. With 79 new sorority pledges joining the Panhellenic Organization and reinforcing Greek life on campus, Rush ’84 was an overwhelming success. As freshman pledge Kim Brock said, “The pressure was unbe- lievable, but the excitement was worth it all.” ABOVE: On the first day of parties. Rush Counselor Jennifer Nourse leads her group of rushees into the Phi Mu house. RIGHT: After presenting their “Tropical Paradise” skit, Alpha Delta Pi sisters Laura Sain and Stephanie Hilleson chat with rushees during the Saturday party. 6 Rush

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 8 Fall Drama Love and Death, Spanish Style On November 8, 9, and 10, director Jane Hadley and a cast of 13 actresses brought the book of the semester to the stage — The House of Bernarda Alba. Written by Feder- ico Garcia, the story line focused on five Spanish spinsters whose lives were ruled by the edict “What will the neighbors think?” Sequestered in their house by their domi- neering mother for eight years after their father’s death, the sisters “are stifled by the rigid codes of morality and their own frus- trations,” as actress Ellen Abshire ex- plained. After the women discover that the youngest sister, Adela, is having an affair ABOVE RIGHT: Getting together to see a videotape of the show, cast members of “The House of Bernarda Alba” enjoy a party in the Day Student Lounge. ABOVE: The cast of “The House of Bernarda Alba”: Dr. Marge Kirby, Shannon Bunton, Cathy Sagi, Dawn Lipton, Jennifer Livesay, Ellen Abshire, Susan Cernyak- Spatz, Katy Ives, Mary Beth Kay, Lori Lumbard, Shelley Edwards, Karen Richardson, and Suzette Shears. ABOVE: Unable to sleep because of the heat, Martirio (Karen Richardson) and Amelia (Jennifer Livesay) discuss the strange noises that they heard on a previous night. with Pepe el Romano, the oldest sister, An- gustias’ fiance, Adela hangs herself. As nar- rator Dr. Marge Kirby said, “At least Adela lived fully while she lived on earth — none of her sisters can say that. Now there will be no more life ... it will be as a tomb in the house of Bernarda Alba.” “This was my first chance to do a real piece of theater, and it was some of the best direction I’ve ever worked under,” said cast member Shannon Bunton. “The play gave us a chance to grow as actresses and to get to know the book of the semester.”