Newfangled Amish fraternity parties like it’s 1899
■Alpha Alpha Alpha members
give a new, yet somehow old,
meaning to the term ‘Barndance’
By Maggie Livingston
Oregon Daily Emerald
Forget every stereotype about
wild fraternity parties. There’s a
new house on campus, but
instead of “raisin’ the roof,” these
men are raising the barn.
Alpha Alpha Alpha, the
University’s first Amish fraternity,
opened its chapter doors Saturday
evening with an old fashioned
“barn-warming” function.
The 100-square-foot barn,
which stands adjacent to the AAA
house, was built from scratch by
the seven fraternity brothers.
“We just prayed to the Lord to
give us the strength to build a
barn that would make the greek
system proud,” sophomore mem
ber Ezekiel Smith said.
AAA men live simply and stay
true to their Amish roots, Smith
said. Known around campus for
their bowl-style haircuts and
flowing beards, these hard-work
ing young men are up at dawn,
pitching hay and “playing farm”
in their tiny barn.
“We wanted to make it bigger
and maybe have some sheep, but
apparently greek row isn’t zoned
for livestock,” junior Jebediah
Thomas explained.
The fraternity’s first function
drew mixed reviews from
University women.
Freshman Tiff-Anni Taylour
said the party, dry except for the
half glass of homemade huckle
berry wine allotted to each guest,
was “totally lame.”
“I squeeze my ass into vinyl
pants and a backless shirt, hike
it up here from the dorms, and
these frat dicks can’t even get
me wasted? This party blows,”
she said.
But sophomore Jen Lexus, her
eye on one strapping AAA mem
ber sporting a red beard and
matching suspenders, said she
wasn’t put off by the strait-laced
Amish boys — or their vow of
chastity until marriage.
“There’s just something about
the Amish that’s, like, really...
hot,” she said.
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Members of the Alpha Alpha Alpha house work dilligently to raise the roof of their barn.
Rumors & lies
Playboy returns to campus
Playboy is returning to the Uni
versity in search of women to pose
in its upcoming “The Women of
Women’s Studies” issue.
The men’s magazine is attempt
ing to showcase the students, staff
and faculty of collegiate Women’s
Studies departments throughout
the country.
Playboy head photographer
Frank Furtello said the special is
sue will be released sometime in
the fall as part of a back-to-school
series. He said the special issue is
a peace offering to those growing
academic departments that often
claim the magazine forces
women to live in old-fashioned
roles and stereotypes.
“This is a great opportunity to
show the men of the United States
just how serious these girls really
are,” Furtello said. “We want noth
ing to do with old stereotypes, and I
think they are starting to get that
into their pretty little heads.”
The magazine is asking interest
ed women to send in a photo of
themselves in a bikini or other inti
mate apparel. Furtello said the
models do not have to pose nude
for the pictorial, but he admitted
those who took off more clothes
would be better compensated.
However, he would not say how
much more.
“All I can say is, those girls
who pose nude will be able to buy
a lot more Susan Faludi books,”
Furtello said.
— Bobbye Browyn
PFC votes for fun in the sun
In an emergency meeting held
last week, members of the ASUO
Programs Finance Committee vot
ed unanimously to send them
selves to a weeklong financial re
treat in Tahiti.
“After this year, we could really
use a vacation,” PFC Chairwoman
Mary Elizabeth Madden said.
To raise funds for the $21,318
trip, PFC recalled and cut several
more program budgets — “mostly
from groups no one really wants
around anyway, like the Emerald,”
Madden said.
“Luckily, everyone was gone for
spring break, so we were able to
slide this one right through with
out all that unnecessary debate
that held up our earlier hearings,”
she added.
Madden added that when PFC
members return from Tahiti, they
will begin sharing what they
learned with the student body.
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