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Originally posted by DeltAlum
In the past, Delt pledges (OK, whatever you want to call them) could wear letters, but not the Crest because we didn't find out its' meaning(s) until initiated.

I think it's still he same.

DeltAlum, ASA was the same way...letters but no crest...it was a big deal and everyone got crest sweatshirts as initiation gifts.

In our chapter the newbies shouldn't wear letters until after initiation. We tell the new ones not to, we don't enforce it though. We just think it makes it even more worth while and special if after initiation our sisters give us our first set of letters. And it really was. I was so excited when I got my first set of letters!

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Originally posted by lauren1874
We let our new members wear letters any way they like (lol... within reason!) -- we usually give them letter shirts and jackets and all kinds of stuff during sig-mom week (our version of a big sis, for those of you who haven't read my post on THAT thread).

We do have a rule that no one is allowed to smoke or drink in letters, out of respect for the letters themselves and what they stand for (a LOT of girls in my chapter smoke -- we used to be called the Smokin' Kappas, but since we don't smoke in letters anymore we're the Smokin' Kappas for a different reason! :) -- usually before informal activities at the house you can find girls out back smoking with their shirts turned inside out!). :) And no non-initiated member of Sigma Kappa is supposed to wear the crest or even drink out of glasses that bear it, because they don't know its meaning.

I think it's pretty tacky to go out drinking -- like when the purpose of your evening is to go out and drink and get drunk -- when you're wearing a big-letter shirt. I think that's disrespectful, and it just draws attention to the fact that you're in a GLO, which (particularly if you're drunk and "acting up") can lead to the perpetuation of those negative stereotypes we're all fighting... or that's my opinion, anyway. I'm not saying it's bad to go out drinking or to wear your letters proudly -- I do both! -- I just think there's a time and place for everything, and the two shouldn't necessarily be combined.

At my best friend's school AST doesn't allow new members to wear SATIN letters until they're initiated -- pledges can wear felt or cotton fabric letters in the meantime. I was making her a letter shirt during her pledging period as a congratulatory gift and her roommate told me, "Make sure they're not satin or she can't wear it!" I was like, "Huh?" :)

L

That's interesting b/c when I was a pledge I was not allowed to wear letters until after initiation. I'm not sure that still applies today (at my chapter), in fact I think they do allow new members to wear letters. I'm not sure what the deal is anymore. I don't recall any rules about wearing the crest, although the memory could be going?!!?:rolleyes:

Phi Mu lets it's Phis (our word for pledges) wear and carry the letters and any insignia.

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Originally posted by DeltaBetaBaby
Phi Mu lets it's Phis (our word for pledges) wear and carry the letters and any insignia.

Yes, but we weren't allowed to own or possess anything with the crest on it until after initiated, simply because we didn't know what it meant.

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Originally posted by shopgirl

That's interesting b/c when I was a pledge I was not allowed to wear letters until after initiation. I'm not sure that still applies today (at my chapter), in fact I think they do allow new members to wear letters. I'm not sure what the deal is anymore. I don't recall any rules about wearing the crest, although the memory could be going?!!?:rolleyes:

I don't remember never being allowed to wear letters before initiation.. in fact, I do remember being asked if we had any that we could wear for Wednesday's (Greeks wore letters on Wed on my campus) and if we didn't, other members lent us some until we got our own. I thought it was a great was to get the NM participating right away.

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Originally posted by LionsNLadybugs

Yes, but we weren't allowed to own or possess anything with the crest on it until after initiated, simply because we didn't know what it meant.

It's been a long time since I was initiated, but I don't remember being told we couldn't have anything with the crest on it. Maybe I'm wrong, though....

In my organization pledges are not allowed to wear letters until they are initiated for most of the reasons that have already been mentioned. They are allowed to wear party shirts and shirts with the name spelled out.

Have a nice day :)

Gamma Phi Beta allows its new members to wear the letters, but not the crest. They aren't allowed to know what the crest means until they are initiated.

When I pledged Zeta, we couldn't wear anything with the crest or the letters until we were initiated. The only time we got letters was when we were on pledge retreat.

My chapter of D Phi E was no letters or crest until initiated, although you could wear a shirt with the words on it. In fact, we made pledge class t-shirts that we wore sometimes. Other chapters aren't the same though...they allow new members to wear letters and such. I know that the crest is only for initiated members though.

My sister was a Chi-O in college (about 10 years ago), and I think I remember her saying that she wasn't allowed to wear letters until after initiation. Maybe that was just her chapter's rule?

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Originally posted by KarenC725
When I pledged Zeta, we couldn't wear anything with the crest or the letters until we were initiated. The only time we got letters was when we were on pledge retreat.

I guess it depends upon which chapter you join. We were allowed to wear letters before we were initiated.

Achtung, that must have been something her chapter did. We are allowed to wear letters, just not the crest until init.

I am curious about DG though.....at Kent they were not allowed to wear letters until initiation, which we all thought was so bad....their pledge shirts always spelled out Delta Gamma......is that national or just Kent?

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Originally posted by AchtungBaby80
My sister was a Chi-O in college (about 10 years ago), and I think I remember her saying that she wasn't allowed to wear letters until after initiation. Maybe that was just her chapter's rule?

When I first pledged in 1989 we could not wear letters. I was a hold over, and during my second plege semester the rules changed and we could wear letters.

I had the cutest sweatshirt made when I couldn't weat letters. navy with a pink heart on it and thru the heart in white script: Chi O.

:)
Amy