The room was a twitter as sisters of Tau Beta Sigma supplied the glowing apartment with ice, sodas, garlic bread, and trays upon trays of pasta. These preparations could only mean one thing: the annual TBS spaghetti dinner was finally here.
Sisters, proudly wearing their UCLA-TBS navies, staffed and ran the event. Groups of people (non-members), some brought together by instrumentation, others brought together by class, entered the venue and kicked off the evening with libations and a name-tag ice-breaker game instigated by some active sisters.
As the evening continued on, people continued to mingle, but slowly, everyone made their way through the buffet line. The room now echoed not only with effervescent conversation, but also with the pleasant hums of happy, no-longer-hungry people.
After awhile, bonding took new form as the group divided into two groups to play a round of the band’s favorite game: “Spanking Yoda”. Hoots and hollers resounded with the sight of odd cartoons, and equally odd phrases. During this time, home-baked sugar cookies were passed around and joy permeated every attendee.
As guests left the apartment, everyone was full: full of spaghetti, full of delight, full of sisterhood.
-Emily Crook, Alpha Pi
