Holy Cow! This semester is almost over!!!

Hello Sisters!!
I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Mine was pretty great with the exception of the fall of Clemson to USC (yes Taylor Rhodes... we all know you are happy :)).  Earlier this month, the Athenians welcomed 5 new sisters; Abby O'Reilly, Tessa Rhealt, Ellis Evans, Maria Cinquemani, and Haley Whitney!! These 5 beautiful women worked so hard during rush and I am soo proud of them, like you don't even know, they even threw us a Legally Blonde movie night where we re-instituted the "Bend and Snap."  Lauren Files just so happens to be a pro at it!  These ladies were inducted into our society on November 16th, the same day as our Thanksgiving party, we had 5 new girl to be so thankful for. If you need any Thanksgiving jokes for next year... here's a few...
- "Why did they let the turkey join the band?"    ----- Because he had the drumsticks.....
- "Why did the turkey cross the road?"    ------- It was the chicken's day off.....
- "Why cant you take a turkey to church?" ----- Because they have such FOWL language...
Thanks to Annie Baldwin for the the holiday humor.  We also just concluded our last fundraiser of the semester, a raffle for a $50 Wal-Mart gift card. We've come up with some new fundraising ideas... including an Athenian Cookbook!! It's still in the works, but if it ends up happening (which I for real hope it does) we will definitely be looking for some alumni input, we know you guys have some amazing recipes out there. We hope to make this an ongoing fund-raiser.. maybe sell them in the bookstore and such, and if you have any ideas to get the ball rollin' leave a post or message on the Facebook group, or just leave a post because you want to, I love hearing from y'all!  This coming Tuesday is the annual Christmas party, TACKY STYLE this year. I am so excited about my tacky Christmas sweater! I hope all of you have a blessed holiday season, and safe travels if you are planning any. I'll try to post again soon to keep you updated :)

Constitution Changes... regarding YOU!

Alright ladies,
I decided to go ahead and post this when I found it in my email inbox, before I forget and its another 2 months before I get it up for you gals to see. The new addition to the constitution is as follows:
    " Upon leaving Erskine College, a member of the Athenian Literary Society may be inducted for lifetime     membership after two consecutive full semesters of active participation if she has not previously resigned or been asked to leave by the judicial council. This induction will take place at the end-of-year banquet."
Sooooo, I'm pretty sure this means (drum roll please)  you ladies are stuck with us forever, bonded in sisterhood.

October...

The last update was right before the Athenians went on a sisterhood retreat to Denver Downs in Anderson. According to those who went, it was a lot of fun getting lost in the corn maze and zip lining.  The morning following our new advisor, Jan Walker, cooked apple pancakes for everyone at her house (I had a cross country meet, but the leftover she sent were delicious!). We also had our semi-formal (jointly with the Euphie Men and Little Sisters), attendance was a little slow due to new Erskine policies, but still fun. Athenian alum, Tessa Bigham, came too!! Haunted Halls in the hangar (since we still don't have an actual hall) was a success, we had a haunted tour.  But I have to admit, it was the most fun to scare the Athenians who were greeting and not scaring (after it was over and before we cleaned), they were very jumpy.  Rush kicked off with the sponsor dinner (this year it was desert since it was on the same night as the campus ministries hymn sing) last Sunday, October 31.  Miss Big Hair was this past Monday night (soo much fun as always). I am so proud of my rush baby, Miss Abby O'Reilly for bringing home the crown.  All of our potential new members were great!  Tuesday night the Athenians and rush class attended the Big Man on campus competition, our Sweetheart, Laborde, came in solid with a 2nd runner up finish.  Tonight was fun night, and we all know that what happens at fun night, stays at fun night!  Hope all of you are well, keep your eyes open for the new constitution changes from this year regarding our ALUMNI, they will be up soon... I hope! 

Blessings.. 

A Long Overdue September Newsletter!

Hello Everyone!
Sorry this newsletter is so late! As always, the semester seems to get crazier and crazier.  The Athenians are getting off to a good start for the Fall of 2010, we started with choosing a new faculty advisor and are very excited to have JAN WALKER!  According to Mary Alex she "feels like one of the cool kids." We also had to decide on a new sweetheart for the year, and Laborde Coble was selected.  The Atheninans are continuing this year with the Widow's Ministry, we have the same widow as last spring, Ms. Billie Jean.  Tiffany, Rebekah, and Katie saw her yesterday, she said she was tired but good, she had treatments done on Monday.  She is expecting a lot of family to come and stay throughout the holiday season for Thanksgiving and Christmas.  In September we had the Watermelon Social again on the mall and had a cake walk at Fleet-O-Rama as a small fundraiser.  At the beginning of October, we had BINGO for Breast Cancer in Watkins Student Center, we raised around one hundred dollars for the Susan G. Komen foundation!! Fall Retreat is this afternoon, the Athenians will be going to Denver Downs farm in Anderson to get lost in the corn maze.  Haunted Halls is coming up quickly, its next week; the Athenian "hall" is temporarily the hangar.
Sorry again for the late-ness of the post, I'll try to do better at keeping you guys updated! :)    

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Athenians Starting a New Chapter

Welcome to our new, monthly, newsletter blog. We hope to keep you informed and updated with what the athenians are doing by posting once a month during the school year. You can also take a look at our photos to see what we are up to!