The process of asking someone to a function can oftentimes be scary or even embarrassing. In an effort to circumvent the traditions, sophomores Bailey King and Sam Stebbins both created a Google form for their friends and acquaintances to fill out in order to \u201capply\u201d to be their date to their respective formals this May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The forms were left available for about a week before being closed for review. King\u2019s was more complicated than Stebbins\u2019. King\u2019s form had five questions, which included one question asking if the response is a \u201cserious inquiry,\u201d one asking if the participant would be available the night of the formal, two silly questions and a final statement asking the respondent to agree that they are taking the form seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was second guessing myself on whether or not I should do it,\u201d King said. \u201cBut I decided to do it because YOLO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
King was the first to make the form, and her friend, Stebbins, \u201cripped it off\u2019\u2019 as a joke. While most of King\u2019s responses were serious \u2014 with the exceptions of a few females, graduates and her mom \u2014 Stebbins received mostly comedic responses from guy friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI probably won\u2019t do it again, but it\u2019s been a fun thing to do,\u201d Stebbins said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Nora Waller, on the other hand, had a different idea for finding a formal date. She and some friends attended Sketa, a concert put on by men\u2019s social club Theta, featuring Nashville musician Nordista Freeze. In the days leading up to the concert, Waller developed a running joke with her friends that she was going to ask him to the Zeta Rho formal and ask him to bring some friends along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere was always something in the back of my head going, \u2018Like, what if you actually did it,\u2019\u201d Waller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it turns out, she would not need to. At Sketa, when Nordista Freeze was on stage and there was a lull in the crowd, one of her friends, junior Shane Ryan, found out about the scheme and decided to help. He called out to the artist to ask the question, ultimately leading to Nordista Freeze accepting the offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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