| Oh hi, Marlon. I didn't hear you come in. |
| Shower's too loud? Boy, you sure take long ones. |
| Doesn't your mother complain? |
| Every time. She says I double the water bill. |
| I can believe it. |
| But a shower doesn't use nearly as much water as taking a bath does. |
| 'Course, you wouldn't know- you don't use either one. |
| Haw! You'd know if I didn't. |
| You wouldn't be able to breathe in here right now. |
| What's the occasion? |
| It's Rush Week, my man. |
| I've got a fraternity to check out tonight. Omega Theta. |
| Omega Theta? Really? |
| They rushed you? |
| That's a feather in your cap. Everybody says they're really cool. |
| Yeah, they are. But they've also got a good reputation for academics, too. |
| They've got the highest GPA on Fraternity Row. |
| Hmm, that means you're gonna have to keep up your average, too. |
| Yeah, but I figure that'll be easier to do with a little help from some Omega Theta friends. |
| You've got friends there? |
| I will if I join. |
| They've got a pretty strict study regimen: |
| everyone gets assigned a tutor, an upper-class brother, kind of an academic buddy system. |
| They say it works good. |
| Sounds good if you need that. |
| And I do. I'm not a self-starter at all. |
| Left to myself, I tend to fiddle around and get nothing done. |
| Me too, I guess, |
| if I go to the library or the coffee shop to study, I do better, |
| but if I sit around here, I just dawdle. |
| I listen to music or pick at the guitar or, uh, anything to avoid getting down to my assignments. |
| That's why I think Omega Theta is a good idea. |
| But what about the really important stuff? |
| Huh? What's that? |
| Their parties! |
| They don't have much of a rep as a party house. |
| No, they don't. |
| Well? Isn't that the main reason for joining a fraternity - to party and meet girls? |
| Haha, for some guys, I guess so, yes. |
| I like to party too, but not every weekend like the Delta Taus do. |
| Now, that's a real animal house, talk about reputation! |
| Yeah, probably a little much for me, too, when I think about it. |
| We gotta stay a bit serious, after all, we gotta find jobs when we leave here! |
| Anyway, Omega Theta does throw a good party or two along the way, |
| just before Christmas and Easter break, and at Halloween, of course. |
| Oh boy! I hope you'll invite me to that one! I love Halloween parties! |
| Sure, if I can, but I haven't been invited to join yet. |
| Oh yeah, I forgot. |
| Well, I want to hear how it goes tonight. |
| You bet. Reception's at six-thirty, dinner's at seven. |
| There'll be some talking and a tour of the house and some one-on-one. |
| No alcohol, I think. |
| So I should be back here by 9:30 or 10 at the latest. |
| Then I'll spill all. |
| Hey! I just thought of something! |
| If you join Omega Theta and move into their house, |
| what am I gonna do for a roommate? |
| No, no, you're stuck with me for a while yet in any case. |
| They don't have freshman residents, just upper classmen, and not a lot of those. |
| It's not a big house. |
| How many are staying there anyway? |
| I don't know, about a dozen or so, I think. |
| I think they've got five or six bedrooms. |
| Everybody else is in the dorms or off campus. |
| But they've got a big hall that'll hold thirty or forty brothers for meetings and cram sessions and things. |
| Huh! Well, I don't want to hold you up. It's almost six o'clock now. |
| What? Yipes! I gotta get dressed and get outta here! |
| I'll leave you to it. |
| I'm going over to the Campus Club and see if there's a good movie on. |
| Don't you have anything better to do? |
| Naw. No one's rushing me tonight. |
| Maybe it's the garlic I ate at lunch. |
| Couldn't be your personality, could it? |
| Thanks. You're my pal, too. Lock the door when you leave, will you? |
| Yep. See you about 10? |
| If the movie's over. If there is one. |
| Otherwise, I'll just be hanging out back here. |
| OK. See you later. |
| See you. Have fun! |