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One of the artifacts I have from my frat days is a T-shirt from Swamp Water in 1990. It was a party where we\u2019d create a swamp behind the house that you had to go through to get in.<\/p>\n

The swamp was framed by wood and a layer of plastic to keep the water in, and there were wood pallets to walk on, so you didn\u2019t have to get your shoes swampy. Based on the picture I have from building it, I think the swamp must have been about 18\u201d or so deep.<\/p>\n

\"Shawn<\/p>\n

Apparently, this was before people were lawsuit-happy, because this swamp was enclosed by walls and a roof and poorly lit, so it would be really easy to lose your footing, fall into the water, and get hurt. I guess someone could even drown if they were drunk and\/or bonked their head on the way down.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, it was a fantastic party. It was a 4-way event with two fraternities and two sororities. In the case of the Swamp Water that I still have a shirt from, we did it with Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Delta Tau Delta.<\/p>\n

\"Swamp<\/p>\n

The band for Swamp Water in 1990 was Honor Among Thieves, which was formed that year by students at the University of Maryland. Frontman Mitch Allan was a Theta Chi at Maryland, and they often played local bars and frats at that time.<\/p>\n

In the years after all of this, Honor Among Thieves evolved into another band called SR-71, which had a hit single, \u201cRight Now,\u201d which was featured in movies such as American Pie and Dude, Where\u2019s My Car?<\/p>\n