Issue date: 1/17/08 Section: The Weekly

DELT'S SLOPPY SECONDS

When Delta Tau Delta was suspended indefinitely from Northwestern in

July, the men had to relinquish their frat crown and move out of 2317 Sheridan. And while it's too late to give away any dignity you had left after Spring Break for booty shorts and keychains at their Anything For a Buck event, here's some recruitment advice from the boys whose house you wish you joined.

"Sneak into sorority rush," says Weinberg senior Chris Katrandjian, Delt's social director. "I could look enough like a girl to get into Chi O. I already have a sweatshirt."

McCormick junior Jamie Lyons, DTD's former president, also based his pick on a female-seeking strategy, suggesting Phi Mu Alpha.

"They are surrounded by sororities," he says. "Good times at night I'm sure."

Some other Delt loyals balked at the idea of joining the Greek system that kicked them out, advising getting involved in theater, secret societies, and the 1800 Club.

But former rush chair and Weinberg junior Taresh Batra has a real recommendation for freshmen. "They should just go together and take over Sig Chi or SAE, some random one with a lot of money," he says. "And take all nationals' money, ball out of control and just eat it all until they get kicked off, when they're like, juniors." Sound familiar?


INACTIVE ENDEAVORS

With some merchandise already marked 50 to 70 percent off, those Trovata sweaters almost look cheap. But wait a minute! Or, at least, that's what one reporter was told when he went shopping last week at Evanston's only designer-meets-hiking (?) boutique. They're shuttering their three locations (others are in Lincoln Park and Glencoe) and operating solely online, so look for close-out sales. Too bad rush is over.


NOT AVAILABLE STATESIDE

Weinberg junior Ellen Tracy came back from abroad in Uganda with a few unusual souvenirs - like hookworm, E. coli and scabby monkey bites (her roommate's Ugandan boyfriend's pet left two scars).

The worms came from playing soccer barefoot with parasite-infested (but very cute!) children whose school she was observing. "It was definitely worth it," she says. At least she dodged the Ebola outbreak that killed 25 (not a joke).


STAY AWAY FROM FRESHMAN GIRLS

Chivalry is officially dead. Former Beta Theta Pi members say 13 brothers were forced to deactivate in a deal with Northwestern after a freshman girl went to the hospital from one of their parties. The kicker? They claim she was never in the house. She showed up sloshed, and they sat her down outside, where neighbors saw and called the cops. Oops.

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