University of Iowa - Hawkeye Yearbook (Iowa City, IA)

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Becoming a Greek . . . thatis what Rush was all ahout . . . we smiled, we talked, we listened . . . we judged and were judged . . , some of us decided to wear a pledge pin, and we did so proudly ',., now we were Creek . . . a feeling we couldnit de- fine, but express . . . a sense of helonging . . . C0111- mon ties . . , unity without conformity . . . we saw the inadequacies of the system. . .we worked to strengthen it . . . this was the life we had chosen . . . but there w ere others of us who preferred to re- main independent of such social organizations . . . we enjoyed heing on our own , . . we selected our own standards, responsibilities . . , met our Creek friends in the Liner . . , we found stability and ace ceptance within our own group of friends. XVe selected our own standards. We enjoyed being on our own

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A feeling wc couldn't define. . . Wg judged ,,A, Now wc were Creek . .4 'TH

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wee? if WM WT were eager to begin . . , confused and discouraged sometimes. We Regi tered and Griented Our elve to SUI . . . we were eager but when rejected, con- fused . . . we revised our schedule and tried again . . . we waited in line . . . finally we were in . . . registered . . . our lives as students semester . . . now to the bookstore . we just sold the last copy we hadi' our preparations for the beginning freshmen and transfers participated began another . . uI'1n sorry, . . in between of classes, we in Orientation Wfeek . . . we met the campus dignitaries . . . wan- dered around at the activities Open House . . . asked questions , . . made friends . . , began our life at SUI.