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Alpha Tau Omega.....Eta Alpha...1982
It's all been said I guess. Good, bad, otherwise.
I joined for the fellowship and for the intramural sports teams. Intramurals was a big thing at my school. (University of South Florida). I played all four majors- football, softball, basketball, soccer. And during the four years, every minor sport at least once. We had good teams and it was great to be able to play different sports with the same guys. The dorm teams (GDI's) never seemed to keep the same teams or get along year after year.
We became doctors, lawyers, engineers, businessmen, etc. Some just dissappeared, some are dead. The guys who stood by me when I got married I still talk to on the phone 20 years later.
Money was not an issue for me. There was no on-campus Greek housing so our only expense was dues, which as I recall was something like $35./semester. We earned most of our party money through work projects. But these were fun and we had lots of 'little sisters' to help us out. We even operated a beer stand in old Tampa Stadium for the Super Bowl. As I recall we made about $600./ that day. Man, what an afterparty that was.
Just last year a couple of alums and the current chapter organized an homecoming reunion. All former members were invited. We had about 40 guys from all different years. It was awesome. Golf tourney, homecoming party, homecoming football game, Sunday brunch. Lots of families w/kids. It was really great to see some of the guys I hadn't kept up with. In five minutes it was like we were right back in college. The camaraderie was incredible.
So, like most everything else in life, you get out of it what you put into it.
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