For the record, I found it a little strange to call something 'Homecoming' without a football game as the main event.Since we were just heading down to go to the banquet, we didn't leave all that early. We did get there early enough for him to show me around campus, though. Beautiful, but small! I honestly think it was about the size of my high school campus - maybe a little bigger since it had dorms. But the way it's kind of tucked in off of the main road gives it a comfy feel. Granted, there were no stressed out engineering students running around on this particular day... just a couple of them throwing another guy in the lake. (no joke - apparently some tradition, according to Eric.)
After the quick campus tour, we went by Eric's old fraternity house - Delta Sigma Phi. It was quite a ways off campus, which surprised me. Walking wasn't even an option, and even biking might have been based on the road you'd have to ride. But it was a big house - I could see the appeal of it for a fraternity. It was an old government building bought in a tax sale nearly 30 years ago, so there were lots of rooms... and quirkiness to go with it! But it was definitely a house full of guys!Finally, the banquet, which was down the road from the fraternity house a couple more miles. Some other Indy friends were there, as well, and we caught up with them, as well as some other brothers Eric hadn't seen in awhile. They had some of the original members speak, tell stories, and talk about some of the history that may have not been fully known. Since I never went Greek, I never got involved with any organization like this (where you have a bond for life). The closest I came was UPC, which I LOVED and wouldn't trade for anything. But the Greek thing definitely is different.
We headed back to Indy late last night and just went to bed. Long day... lots of driving. But a fun evening, none the less.
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So Eric and Rose were classmates?
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