Parties spark creativity
Anne Rebar
Issue date: 10/22/09 Section: TruLife
Cowboy hat - check. Plaid shirt - check. Toy guns - double check. Cowboy boots click on the pavement as students get ready to kick back and let loose for the weekend, leaving homework and studying behind for at least one night.
Truman is known for its excellence in academics, but at some point students leave the library to have fun. Parties are a weekend staple, but some take it to the next level and throw a toga or an ugly sweater into the mix.
"Theme parties are a fun chance to be creative and different," senior Lauren Jacoby said. "It's nice to be able to let loose and be goofy once in a while instead of having to dress up and look nice."
Jacoby is the social co-chair for Alpha Sigma Alpha and is in charge of formals and date parties. "Woody," a western-themed cowgirl and cowboy date party, gives the girls a chance to bring their dates in full country attire for a night of fun and dancing. Jacoby said Woody has been a tradition of Alpha Sigma Alpha for at least 10 years.
"I have an old T-shirt from Woody going back to 1999, but it's likely it started even before that," Jacoby said.
Although some themed parties only require a costume, others are far more meticulously planned. Jacoby said her favorite themed party is the Hoosier wedding the Alphas hold every year with the men of Alpha Kappa Lambda. Every year a bride and groom are chosen from their respective organizations, and a faux-wedding is held, hillbilly style, complete with hay bales, country music and cut-off jeans.
"We even have a bachelorette party for the intended bride," Jacoby said. "Last year the girl who was chosen got this huge, ugly old wedding dress from Hidden Treasures, and the bridesmaids dressed up too. Everyone else wears white - trash-like clothes, like cut-off shorts, ripped T-shirts and trucker hats. The AKLs play country music all night, and we just dance and have a good time."
Jacoby said that around 90 percent of their planned weekend social events include a theme of some sort. With all these different themes, one might think it would get expensive finding so many different costumes, but Jacoby said that wasn't so. She said $10 was the most she had ever spent on a costume, and it's really easy to be creative and find things around the house or from friends that will work. Thrift stores like Hidden Treasures and Salvation Army are an inexpensive resource for cheap costume pieces. Jacoby said they also can be a great place to find some really outrageous items.
Truman is known for its excellence in academics, but at some point students leave the library to have fun. Parties are a weekend staple, but some take it to the next level and throw a toga or an ugly sweater into the mix.
"Theme parties are a fun chance to be creative and different," senior Lauren Jacoby said. "It's nice to be able to let loose and be goofy once in a while instead of having to dress up and look nice."
Jacoby is the social co-chair for Alpha Sigma Alpha and is in charge of formals and date parties. "Woody," a western-themed cowgirl and cowboy date party, gives the girls a chance to bring their dates in full country attire for a night of fun and dancing. Jacoby said Woody has been a tradition of Alpha Sigma Alpha for at least 10 years.
"I have an old T-shirt from Woody going back to 1999, but it's likely it started even before that," Jacoby said.
Although some themed parties only require a costume, others are far more meticulously planned. Jacoby said her favorite themed party is the Hoosier wedding the Alphas hold every year with the men of Alpha Kappa Lambda. Every year a bride and groom are chosen from their respective organizations, and a faux-wedding is held, hillbilly style, complete with hay bales, country music and cut-off jeans.
"We even have a bachelorette party for the intended bride," Jacoby said. "Last year the girl who was chosen got this huge, ugly old wedding dress from Hidden Treasures, and the bridesmaids dressed up too. Everyone else wears white - trash-like clothes, like cut-off shorts, ripped T-shirts and trucker hats. The AKLs play country music all night, and we just dance and have a good time."
Jacoby said that around 90 percent of their planned weekend social events include a theme of some sort. With all these different themes, one might think it would get expensive finding so many different costumes, but Jacoby said that wasn't so. She said $10 was the most she had ever spent on a costume, and it's really easy to be creative and find things around the house or from friends that will work. Thrift stores like Hidden Treasures and Salvation Army are an inexpensive resource for cheap costume pieces. Jacoby said they also can be a great place to find some really outrageous items.
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