Campus may have appeared eerily quiet on Wednesday night, but that’s because most the student body was inside Alumni Auditorium cheering on pledges at Bid Night.
This semester’s Bid Night began differently than most — a Greek-wide devotional was held to kick off the evening. The devotional included a short prayer time before bids were given out to new members.
“Pledge week is such a hard, stressful time,” said Lauren King, a member of Pi Delta. “I’m glad we could start it off thinking about what really matters at the end of the day.”
The noise of pledges chanting and clubs cheering consumed the auditorium as new social club members were introduced. Every club had a different way of introducing itself and its new members to Greek life.
Female clubs Delta Sigma and Pi Delta’s pledges sang songs, while Kappa Chi’s girls did their best strut. Male social club Delta Tau caused a ruckus with their insane skits, while Theta Psi awed with a miniature stomp routine.
“Everyone always does the same boring things, so DT likes to add a little fun into the night with our skits,” said Tate Dalrymple, a member of Delta Tau.
Now that the introduction is over, the eleven-day pledge week begins.
“Pledging really is about growing close as a club,” said Carli Stump, president of Delta Sigma. “It all seems silly but all has a purpose in the end.”
Greek life is expected to attend Lipscomb basketball games on Thursday and Saturday with their new pledges.
The game on Saturday will feature a new event called Alumni Fair, where alumni will be invited back to check out their respective club’s table. The event will be similar to Rush Fair — each club will have a table decorated with pictures and other memorabilia from the year.
Pledging will be completed on Jan. 31 with induction ceremonies for the new members.
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