What is a Tau?

Tau is a mixture of a boisterous little girl, a troubled adolescent, a sophisticated coed, a charming young woman and a wise old lady.

She's a streak of gold and a flash of green dancing in the union, tying up the phone, planning a big weekend, cutting a two-hour lab, loafing in the dining hall, and whipping up a last minute party.

She will tease you some, comfort you when things look bad, let you down once in a while, but lift you up when it counts the most, and praise you for your finest qualities.

On her desk you'll find a dance program, a sorority hat, Mom's last letter, a football schedule, her boyfriend's picture, and a calendar of social events.

As a sorority girl, she'll exert all her efforts to build a prize-winning float, compose a clever skit, pay this quarter's dues, set the table for tea, decorate for a party, and rush rush rush for AST. She's known as an individualist, a party girl, a procrastinator, an absolute failure, and a huge success.

And when you need a song, she's there to sing it. If you need a dress, she's there to lend it.

When you need some understanding, she's there to give it.

And when you need a sister, she's right there beside you. She can be so much, yet so little.

But when she accepts a rose, a shirt, a pin and a hat, she's an angel, a princess, my sister!