Spring Formals are upon us! A time where Greeks can take a break from homework, worrying about up and coming finals and just let loose, put holes or people through the walls at resorts and get trashed! Here are 5 things the new members of Greek Life can expect at their Spring Formals. Get ready freshmen, you haven't seen nothing yet!
This isn't Your Regular Weekend of Drinking
When you're on your way to the resort or wherever you are staying you will be drinking. When you get to the resort and unpacking you will be drinking. The whole time you are there you will be drinking. When you're in the shower with your date you will be drinking. When you're asleep you will be drinking... that's if you get any... and when you're leaving the resort you will be drinking. I think I wrapped that up nicely. In summary your liver will want to kill you while your kidney is videotaping it.
Clothes... What Clothes?
Hopefully, your Greek organization chooses a good weekend if you will be outside. You can't beat sunny and 75! I'm going to give you a personal run down of what I bring (not including formal wear) and it's very similar to if you were to look on any Old Row or TFM website of people at formals. For the ride up there I'll be wearing what I'll be wearing for the rest of the first day because once I get there I want to drop me bags, check in, and start those keg stands! My first outfit will be Chubs, or Khakis depending on the weather, Sperry's of your choice and a Hawaiian shirt with only the bottom 3 buttons buttoned up. When the beer's a flowin' the chest is showin'! Second day's outfit is Khakis again or dark jeans with a vintage jersey on with an under shirt. Get, like, a Larry Bird jersey, or even a Jeter jersey would work for all you Yankees fans. Then Polo shoes to top it off. Can't go wrong with Ralph Lauren, ladies love him.
Your Date
You can make it or break it here boys. Your decision is crucial on who you plan on asking to formal. Both your weekend and date are riding on you (pun intended, and should be!) You don't want to take someone who's going to nag all weekend when it's too hot or someone looked at them wrong. Although, at the same time, you don't want to get a "goody too shoes" that'll not drink and have a fun time with you. You just have to find the happy medium, I guess. Oh, and make sure she's DTF... that helps with the decision making.
Kegs and Community Drinks
What's a formal without these! Even if you have enough alcohol for you and your date for the weekend these are needed for the social group or community to get closer. You need keg stands for everyone's entertainment and community drinks, be it jungle juice or one-two punch so you can have something else in the other hand while you're chugging your beer. Common sense people.
Make Memories!
This is what every Greek looks forward to once they get in. You're only in college for so long and only so many formals/casuals come around. These are the memories you'll bring back to alumni visits. That's if you can remember them. So for this years formal/casual do something crazy, get the cops called, jump off the roof while chugging a beer just make sure you're aiming for water! Stay classy Greeks!
