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In the Bonds of Sisterhood, This is the Most Sacred…We Reveal the Secrets of Initiation
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Gia
Welcome to Dirty Rush, the truth About.
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Jennifer Kessler
Sorority Life with your hosts Me Gia.
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Daisy Kent
Giudice, Daisy Kent and Jennifer Kessler. Okay folks, not to be dramatic, but this really is the episode that even our producers were hesitant to do because it involves breaking an oath sworn by those who join Greek Life. We are lifting the veil on the most mysterious, mysterious part of joining a sorority, which has never been discussed publicly until now.
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Gia
We're talking about initiation, the transition from pledge to sorority sister, a process that has been kept top secret for well over a century.
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Jennifer Kessler
This bonding ritual is so steeped in.
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Gia
Tradition, generations of pledges have been sworn to secrecy. But today, those secrets are coming out.
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Jennifer Kessler
The following guests agreed to reveal what.
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Daisy Kent
Really happens during initiation, provided they remain completely anonymous to the point where we as hosts couldn't speak to them directly.
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Jennifer Kessler
That is how sacred this pact for.
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Daisy Kent
Sisterhoods around the country is.
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Jennifer Kessler
The voices you are about to hear.
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Daisy Kent
Have been altered, the identities blurred, but the stories are 100% authentic. This is what every sorority in America doesn't want you to know.
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Jennifer Kessler
So initiation is definitely one of those things in sorority life that is that people are more apprehensive to talk about. I feel like because it's so ritual based and it's so individual to the sorority, people are super secretive about it and there's definitely details that I feel protective over, but it's hard to explain why. I think just because it's so individual to your sorority and like that is your entrance to all of it and it feels so sacred. But there definitely are some things that I am willing to share think mostly it's just kind of a blur. Essentially you go to the house in different shifts of time and in my sorority I think there were three different shifts of time, so there were three different groups of girls that went to the house and you're all kind of shuttled into this room where you are supposed to change into these robe, gown things. And you don't really know what's about to happen. So there's a lot of anticipation and there's a lot of speculation beforehand between girls about what's gonna happen. And people like to think they know stuff or spread rumors about things that are gonna happen, that are scary or whatever, but really none of it's scary. It's just unknown. And the older girls come in once you're ready. And what happened for us is they just took us room to room. But you're supposed to close your eyes in between each room, which I thought was really interesting, probably to just keep that element of surprise alive. But everybody's, like, covering their eyes and holding hands and walking in the line, and it feels so silly. And then in every room that we ended up in within the house, there was a ritual to be performed or something that was read and kind of just took you through, like, all of the. All of these different ceremonies that represented the virtues of the sorority or the most important symbols and things like that. And there was one room in particular where you were instructed to drink something. And I won't give the name of it away because I feel like it would give the name of my sorority away pretty easily, but you're instructed to drink something. And I have a lot of food allergies, so I was really apprehensive. And I was like, like, no, I'm going to pass. Like, what's in this? And they were like, we can't tell you. It's a secret, and you just have to drink it. And I was like, no. Like, I have a lot of allergies. Like, can you just tell me what's in it? And they wouldn't tell me what was in it. And they were like, we think it'll be fine. Like, it's stuff that people would not typically be allergic to. And I, looking back, should have just stood up for myself more. But I ended up drinking it. And I was allergic to the juice that was in. Wasn't alcohol or anything bad like that. It was just this weird mixture of some sort of juice that I was allergic to. To this day, I don't even know what was in it. They wouldn't tell me. But I did end up having to leave initiation early because I drank this juice and I needed to go find a Benadryl. So that was my experience with initiation. I got through a few of the rituals, but I actually never completed the entire thing. So it was interesting in the following Years to be an older girl who was leading initiation and to see the other parts of it fully come together. Because when I was initiated, I didn't get to, like, fully experience the whole thing through. One other thing that I loved that they did that I thought was just the sweetest part of it all was at the end when you went back into that original room that you were in where you changed into your robes and everything. They had slipped these letters from older girls into our bags. So we all left, not, like, really knowing anything. But then later on throughout the day, people started realizing that these letters from older girls had been slipped into our bags. And it was so fun to read just the words of encouragement for college and the words of advice for soaking it all in and, like, really enjoying your years and your sorority. And everybody had such a sweet sentiment. So I thought that that was a really sweet part of initiation as well.
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Anonymous Sorority Member 1
Okay, so when it was, like, bid day and we got into our sororities, and we're all so excited, and I think, like, when I was going through a rush, it was, like, right before, like, the Bama rush stuff, and it got, like, huge. So. But it was still, like, I didn't know much about it, so whatever got my bid. And I was all excited. And then, like, the next day, we're getting all of our information, like, okay, initiation is in three weeks. And then. So I think for initiation, we were kind of like, oh, what is this? And, like, you always, like, hear things, especially as a freshman, and you don't really know, like, anything about sorority stuff. Like, you hear, like, these crazy, like, horror stories that are, like, they do blah, blah and blah. Like, they call you fat, like, whatever. And so, like, that was always something that we were scared about or, like, just, like, any freshman would be that doesn't know anything about rush. And then, so I think it was three weeks later, we went through. We had, like, meetings that we would go in and they would talk about the sorority and all the history of the sorority. And then our initiation day and the night before, we got a text and was like, show up in nude underwear and a nude bra and white socks. So we were like, okay, this is really creepy. Like, are we going to be naked? Like, that's really weird. So anyway, we, like, we're all kind of, like, thinking, like, what is about to happen? We have to be all in nude underwear. This is weird. Then we ended up going. We, like, had blindfolds. They, like, blindfolded us, and someone, like, brought us, like, held our backs and, like, Walked us to. We were somewhere like in the school, but it was like this random, like, big, huge room with nothing in it. We had blindfolds on. And then they like brought us up and there was a curtain. We were like on a stage, but the curtain was closed. And then they were like, okay, you can take your blindfolds us change into this. And it was like this like, white sack. And it was like, so weird. And then we had like, to tie like a. When then we had a rope to tie around us and it was like, just creepy. And then we put our blindfolds back on and then they let us down like these stairs. And then we like walk into a room that people are like, humming and it's really creepy and culty. And then like, we all. They lead us into our circle. And then they're like, okay, sing all these like, weird chants and singing songs, whatever. They're like, okay, you can take off your blindfolds now. And so we would take off our blindfolds and then some people would like turn around and it would be someone that they're like their relative, their mom, their sister that was in the same sorority as them and to like, they surprised them. They turned around and it was like, oh my gosh, your mom's here. And that was like, really cute. And then one of my friends turned around and her sister was there. And I don't know if it was like, just like we were so, like, anxious and like, her seeing her sister as a surprise, but she just like fainted. And so that kind of put like a damper on the whole initiation process. So then the ambulance came, they checked her out, and she ended up being fine. But then we just went right back to chanting our weird songs and singing. And then we got like, our pins. And that was about it.
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Gia
I remember Initiation is a Little bit of a blur because it happened in the morning after, you know, freshman year. I never. I never really took a Saturday night easy. And our initiation was on a Sunday morning. And I remember not just me, but me and a bunch of my sorority sisters had gone out the night before, and we were just like, scrambling to get to the house on time. I remember particularly my freshman year, the seniors were really mean to us. They just were really just, like, on a high horse and just like a power trip. And I remember them screaming at us in the group chat, being like, if you are late to your initiation time, you are being dropped from the sorority. And so it was a really big deal that we get there on time. And I remember me and my friends down the hall in my dorm who are also my sorority. We all woke up late to, like, for our initiation. That was that morning. And it's a Sunday morning, and we're all scrambling. We're ordering an Uber to the sortie house that's only just, like, across campus. Usually you'd walk. And we all scramble and get there on time. But then we realize that they told us that we need to memorize these, so I'm gonna stop myself. The thing about initiation is that it's really, even all these years later, something that's very sacred to sorority. And I was in a sorority that just, like, really prioritized tradition. So it was. It's. It's.
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Daisy Kent
It's.
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Gia
It's hard to, like, reveal certain aspects, but I can say that we did have these, like, ceremonial songs that we would all sing. And it was a big. Especially to our sorority, we really, really, like, had to sing the songs, and they had assigned us the songs prior to initiation, and we were supposed to, like, as part of our initiation, learn these songs. And, you know, sometimes when you're hungover and you're just still think you're still drunk. And I remember, like, being put into robes to start the initiation. We're blindfolded, crossing from room to room. And not only did I not memorize the song that we were supposed to sing, but none of us, like, remember the song that we were supposed to sing. And we were being blindfolded and walked from one room to the next. And I just start cracking up. And then soon enough, like, everyone in the line walking to the next room, everyone is just dying, laughing. And these seniors that took our sorority very seriously just were so pissed. And they were like, you guys are being so disrespectful. You can't believe you didn't learn the song. And we heard all about it on chapter that Monday morning. But in the moment, everyone just started laughing and they didn't really know what to do with themselves. So soon enough, we quieted the laughs and went on to the next room and carried on with the ceremony. But needless to say, our pledge class was then dubbed the worst PC ever. Because when we came to chapter that Monday morning, they literally told us, you guys are the worst pledge class we've ever had. We've never had people not know the song, nevertheless erupt in laughter while trying, attempting to sing the song. And we continued on that reputation. We all got very close, our pledge class, but we definitely really pushed the envelope in terms of what was allowed in when we all lived in the house and just moving on. But we were all very close. And, yeah, that's what I remember about initiation. I also remember just being very hungover and not wanting to go. So that's all I can really say.
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Anonymous Sorority Member 2
Initiation is like. It's the one part of the sorority that I'm probably the most secretive about, like, the most sort of protective about. And I don't really know why. I don't really know much about other initiations. So I feel like other people are really secretive about it, too. Maybe it's the one thing that feels sacred. I don't know if that's a weird way to describe it. There's a few things I am willing to say, but of all the things, like Rush, I would give secrets living in the sorority. Like, I would never tell somebody my password, the door knock, the handshake, unless they were another member of that sorority. Like, even right now, I don't even want to say what school I went to or what sorority I was in, because I am going to say a few things about initiation because I think there is a lot of curiosity. And like I said, I. I know a lot of things about Greek life, and I don't know anything about other people's initiations, especially the boys. I don't know anything about what they do. So here's what I will say at the time when I was initiated, and I have only vague memories of it. And I think that's also because it's very early in the morning and you're kind of tired, so. And I only remember being initiated. I have some vague memories of that. And I remember doing initiation, like, once. I can't. I'm sure I did it a few other times. So what I will say is I didn't live at the house at the time, in the Sorority. I live somewhere else. But I remember we spent the night in the sorority. So I think you go. You sleep in other girls rooms. This is all my vague memories. And I can remember. I think my big sister wakes you up very early and you put on what they refer to as a robe. But like, we're not talking like a barefoot dreams robe. Like, this isn't like a cozy, like robe that has like coffee mugs on it. Like, it was like almost like a cap and gown type robe. No cap. So I would call it a gown. And I have a vague memory of a belt that was like a cord. I don't want to say rope because that makes it scary. But I think it was like a. You tied the robe or the gown so that you could like walk around. And I kind of remember, like it was very early. Now if I was blindfolded, I also don't totally remember. They might have just said, close your eyes. I don't really like being blindfolded. So I might have said, like, I promise I'll close my eyes. Just don't blindfold me. And they kind of like walk you around the house and you don't really know where you are and you don't really know what's happening. The part I will reveal is I went into this room and I kind of knew what room I was going into. The room was all red. And I look up and I kind of remember being on my knees. Not in a weird way that sounds like inappropriate. It's not like that. You're just kind of like sitting but kneeling. I don't know. And I look up and my mom was in the room. Now, to give you context, my mom was in the same sorority as me at the same school. So she never told me. But obviously somehow she figured it out. Or they call her, she calls and she knows what time to be there. And she's got like a. I kind of remember her with like a book. And she's reading something. Now, I'm not going to call it a prayer because it wasn't a prayer, but it was like, she's reading something. Now you're completely like bewildered or whatever the word is. Like, because you're so early and you're like, what's happening? That I cannot remember anything she said because I'm like, my mom's in here. And then I do remember going back out, out, and one of my really, really good friends saying, like, dude, your.
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Anonymous Sorority Member 3
Mom was in there.
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Anonymous Sorority Member 2
Like, so I can remember that. And it was all red. And my mom was Wearing either the same thing I was wearing or, like, I don't know, maybe a slightly different version. And then it goes on and on. And then I can remember going into a big room, and I think my big sister was there, and my mom, and there was sort of like, a ceremony, and my mom was involved in it. And I think they give you something. I don't want to reveal what, because, again, I'm being like, this is the one thing that I'm kind of a bit more secretive about. She gives me something. I'll call it a piece of jewelry, and it was hers that she then gave to me. I actually think she didn't trust me at the time and took it back. I think she still has it. I definitely don't have it. And I can remember, like, the only other part I will reveal is I had no idea what a palm frond was. And definitely through sorority life, I learned I now know what a palm frond was. So there are definitely palm fronds involved. And then I think it was like a breakfast. Then it kind of gets normal after sort of this ceremony. Then it's just like any old other sort of sorority party. So that's the part that I feel comfortable sharing. I definitely was on the other side of initiation one or two times. I also think this is the other thing. I think it's kind of a pain in the ass. I'm not gonna lie. Like, I think it's a lot of work to do. So I kind of remember seniors sort of tapping out, like, being like, I'm not doing initiation. So that is the top, top, most secret things I am willing to reveal, and I'm very curious to hear what other people have to say.
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Anonymous Sorority Member 3
Okay, so for my initiation, I remember, like, always hearing about fraternity initiations, but never really sorority initiations. I feel like for fraternities, it's usually, like, the end of their pledgeship, and, like, it's at the end of the semester, end of the year, depending on the school. And so I feel like it was always, like, a big deal for fraternity men to get initiated because it kind of meant, like, they were at the end of all their pledging and everything. So it was, like, a big deal for them. But I never had really heard much, much about sorority initiation. So for me, I remember leading up to initiation, the only thing we ever had to do was it was, like, dressing up. So once a week, we had to dress up in, like, a nice outfit. It wasn't, like, anything, like, really specific, but I remember it just couldn't Be like workout clothes or jeans. Actually, I think jeans were allowed, but you just had to dress up and look nice. But we got initiated with only like, two months into the year, so it wasn't that long. But I always remember that leading up and, like, girls being really nervous if they didn't dress up. Not that anything would have happened, but we were all, like, nervous about what could happen if we didn't dress up and if we would get in trouble or whatnot. I remember the day of initiation was the Sunday after a huge football game at my school. So I remember everyone honestly just kind of dreading it. Like, obviously it's a big deal to get initiated because you're, like, finally into your sorority and, like, it's all real and sealed. But I just remember everyone being really hungover and having a really early start time since one was really that excited about it. You also had to get to the house really early and stay even if your group was, like, at the very end. So I remember just my group being at the very end, but I remember being at the end and then finally it was my turn to go. And I remember they made a mess up with my BIG because I had a really close friend in my sorority and they thought she was my BIG the entire time leading up to it, I guess. So my BIG wasn't there to get me initiated because they didn't tell her to be there for that time because they didn't know I was in the group. So a random person initiated me, which was like, a bummer because it was always supposed to be her BIG. And that was kind of the whole, like, special part of it. So I remember being really weirded out about that, but it was fine. It was somebody I didn't know, but it was nothing crazy. I remember getting blindfolded and we had to wear ritual white, so we had to be in a white dress. And we had to wear socks with no logos, which is so random now, thinking about it. And then you couldn't have makeup on, so you had to be in your ritual whites with socks and no makeup. And then you would put on a robe and a blindfold, but you would get, like, walked into this room and it was dark. And then you'd have to, like, kneel down on a pillow. And then I just remember them really just reading something to me the whole time they were just reading. And then they'd, like, walk you in a circle. And I think they, like, tapped on her head or something. But then you would. We, like, did a lot of standing up and then kneeling down on the pillow, but it wasn't that much standing up. But later on after all this was over, I remember hearing that once I left the house and everything, one of the girls in a different group passed out during initiation because I guess her knees locked, which, thinking back, I'm like, we weren't even standing for that long, so I don't really know how that would have happened. But they had to like, stop that whole group. And obviously everyone's blindfolds came off, so I just can't even like imagine what that group was like. But I remember her knees locked and she passed out, so they had to like stop the whole thing, which is just wild. But she was fine. Like, I think she was just dehydrated, probably because of the day before. Was a big party day with a game day and everything, and everyone was exhausted. So I think her knees just locked and she passed out. But yeah, definitely not great. I do remember I was actually in charge or like assisting to being in charge of like ritual the following year when I was a sophomore, I was like the assistant ritual person. And so pretty much the initiation was my only job and I actually got a work opportunity, so I left that weekend. And my sorority was really strict on excuses from all the rituals and especially initiation. So I was like the only person allowed to not go, which was really ironic because it was literally my only job. But I remember all of my friends being pissed because they all had to go and sit there for like, like 10 hours all day while I was not even in town. And it was like my only job. So yeah, I remember that also. So I never actually was on the other side of initiation because then we would always get excused from it when we were older just because they wouldn't need juniors and seniors there. So I never really got to see it from the outside. But I feel like because we got to take our blindfolds off like at the very end of it, I like.
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Jennifer Kessler
Knew what it was.
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Anonymous Sorority Member 3
But yeah, I think that's my initiation story.
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Sophie Cunningham
So basically there's not much that I can necessarily recall from initiation. I feel like for me at least, my sorority, which I will not disclose, is very sort of known to be like the chill sorority, sort of the more like granola sorority almost. And I think with that, like all of our rituals that we do are so unplanned or last minute done. And so I remember at least when I was a freshman getting initiated, I had no idea what was going on, obviously, because you are a freshman and you're not supposed to know. But then once I was a sophomore, like rehearsing the whole entire little like ritual in the morning. We all did it so last minute and it was so disorganized. And I like had no idea as a freshman how much of a sort of like flop it was because you'd think it has to be this like big sort of rehearsed, you know, elusive, secretive event. And it really just was not that at all. I remember, like people were laughing when they were singing like a song. That was one of our parts is we have to like sing a song. We're all basically in these robes and we have to sing a song while these girls are getting initiated. And then we start having to hum the exact song the whole entire time. And we're humming for about 10 to 15 minutes. So that was always very interesting because we would hear so many girls just like chuckling and laughing the whole time. But to set the scene for a freshman or for a new member that's just getting newly initiated. What was hard for us was that our initiation always happened to be the Sunday following Halloween. So it was always Hallow weekend and it was always that Sunday. So everyone was just like immensely hungover. But we all come to the house bright and early in the morning at like 8am, I believe, and we all have to come in and they told us to wear a white dress and then nude undergarments. And it was so strange to me as a freshman because I was like, why Are these, like, girls telling me to wear nude underwear? What are they gonna do? Like, are we gonna, like, undress in front of them and we need to wear a nude? It was, like, terrifying me. But we show up to the house and we're in our white dresses, and best believe I have my nude undergarments on. And then we go upstairs into, like, the girls rooms. We had this, like, big room that fit, like, 10 people. And so we all just changed in there into these, like, robes. And so they weren't like, cute little, like, bath robes necessarily. It was like a. Not even. We called them robes, but they were more like togas or. It looked like, like, a bed sheet. It was just pure white, like, sheet on us. And then a little cord that we had to tie a specific way. And none of us really tied it correctly, but it was like we had to tie the cord to the left. And then once you get initiated, you had to shift it to the right. And so it made sense that they had asked us to wear nude undergarments in kind of a weird way because I guess they couldn't disclose, like, yeah, you guys are going to put on these little, like, bed sheets. But made sense because I did see a girl that had, like, red lace underwear. And you could very much see that through the little thin robe. So that was interesting. And there's, like, parents there and advisors and everything like that. So it was funny that she was a little bit exposed. But then we walk down in line with our bigs and our bigs, walk us down, and then suddenly we hear everyone, like, in a circle. The lights are off in the chapter room. There's, like, candles, and they're singing one of the, like, songs of our sorority. And it's so. It feels so, like, mysterious and almost kind of scary or like, something out of, like, scream queens, the way they do their, like, rituals. And so then they start saying all this random stuff of, like, sort of, you know, devouting yourself as a sister, like, reading off of a speech. And then we all go down and, like, get on our knees and we write, like, on a signature on this little book, just our name and that we're getting initiated. And then we do, like, a little secret handshake with the girl that is initiating us. So it was all very funny to me as a freshman and even as a sophomore and as a junior, too. It was always so funny to be on the other side as well, because you're just humming for, like, 10 minutes straight while you're watching these hungover girls kneel down and sign a little book. And so it just was so funny because you just get so tired of it and people are humming terribly or people are hungover. I had a friend who last year was so hungover from Halloween that she had to walk out of initiation and then we could hear her throwing up in the bathroom next door and then she just came back and acted like nothing happened and like our advisors didn't bat an eye or anything and then just kept singing the song. So yeah, I think it's super, super weird sometimes. On the bright side, I think that my sorority all has this sort of like consensus that it's weird and it's a tradition and we have to keep it up, even though it's kind of funny. Although sometimes maybe we should have taken it a little bit more seriously. I think we sharpen up when the advisors are paying attention, but it definitely is like a very interesting experience. Had you told me I like 4 years ago would be undressing in nude undergarments and putting on a robe to like kneel in front of like 150 girls, I would be really confused. But you know, love my sorority and it's such a, such a fun experience, but very funny moment nonetheless.
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Sophie Cunningham
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Issues, it may be due to osa.
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