We never did this.

Composit stealing usually happens during homwcoming, but then it's not really limited to composites, it's whatever you can get your hands on. But it's pretty common over here as far as I know. We had a function this last weekend with our Homecoming partners for next year, and at the end, some of the girls grabbed the composite and took it back to our House where they hung it up on the wall. The next day, some of the guys just came over and got it back, no harm done, all in good fun. I think that it's a fun thing to do, personally. There's no harm done, and then you know what Houses just want to have some fun with your House.

Try the TV test
 

When you start thinking about stealing something ("to show your love" for the chapter), please also think about how it would look on TV (especially MTV).

Would it enhance your campus position with the IFC, dean, pres, trustees?

Will it help you attract more good members, if you showed the video of the theft on the campus TV the week of rush?

If you want to have fun, have a party.

Please think about how it would look on TV (especially MTV).

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I would hope the dean, president and trustees are concerned about more important matters than a little harmless borrowing. If not, your school has a major problem.

My question is - how on earth do you sneak those things out of a house in the big honking frames they come in?? I mean, it's not like you can stick it under your shirt.

Well, at The University of Arizona it's a common thing to raid the fraternities at the beginning of the year. Not every sorority raids every fraternity. I believe it's set up by the Presidents.

So, they know we're coming. And like I stated earlier, they sort of let us take them. They don't want to fight us b/c then the composites might break. So, we take them, meanwhile stealing other things, pouring shaving cream on them (the guys) and all over the house, etc, etc.

Then they serenade the house and their belongings are retumed to them, safe and sound.

It's all fun and games...and no one gets hurt.:)

During pledging all four sororities have banners hanging in the student square and pledges end up guarding them because fraternities try to steal them. We even had several backup banners for when they did get stolen. Our origional got snatched and we still don't have it back. Things got out of hand when some fraternity pledges broke into one of my pledge sister's room and stole her binder that had all her DZ books and constitution rules and such. Our sisters got really mad because they broke into her room and went through her belongings. That wasn't cool.

It usually takes 2 or 3 girls...we just haul it down the street through Greektown or into someone's pickup.

As far as it looking good on tv, this confuses me......would composite stealing really look bad???? Wow it's SO not a big deal around here.....unless you're talking about actually breaking into someone's house. In that case, yeah that would be bad news.

Our campus it's not composities, it's charters that get stolen. There's 2 sides to that...

1) It's your charter so it's more valuable, and it can piss people off

BUT...

2) Some campuses composites don't get returned...obviously charters get returned. Our's hasn't been stolen for a long time...but that could be because it's bolted and built into to the wall in a fire-proof case with shatter resitaint glass. Nationals are going to have a hell of a time when they come for it... oh well..

to answer questions on how we did it - it takes lots of planning. we actually did it while a lot of people were around - we just distracted all of them as two girls took it to the car.

and on a good note - the guys have cooled down. everything had happened so fast the other night, but almost everyone is ok now - there are only 2 that are still upset. we've all agreed that both sides were originally out to have fun and that it got out of control.
we had greek awards tonight and we all cheered for each other and we talked and hugged afterwards. it was so nice to know that we hadnt lost them.

Being a new initiate this year, I don't know how often compostie stealing happens. I would guess that between frat/soror it would be okay, but the only example I know of wasn't good...

Our house and Beta Theta Pi have this sort of unspoken "dislike" for each other due to events that happened before I got here. (Apparently one of the members who was initiated here left and went and joined Betas... and to make it worse, he refuses to pay his outstanding house bill for the entire Spring '02 semester...)

Anyway, The night of our founder's day we were celebrating by holding a costume party (of course, it was Oct. 31, so a costume party made sense), and we were all having a "good time"

One of our members heard someone banging around in our dumpster. When he went to investigate, he found out that a couple of Betas had stolen the Farmhouse composite (from 198o-something) and smashed it up. They had intended to leave it in our dumpster that way for us to take the blame.

One of our members caught them, tackled them, and got his name. (we didnt know they were Betas). He gave us fake names for him and his friends. They thought they were off the hook, but the member who had tackled him was in one of his rescitations. He discovered his name while tests were being handed back and called up Farmhouse to let them deal with it.

I couldn't tell you what happened from there. The people involved were in some serious trouble (they had smashed up the composite already). We ended up pairing with Farmhouse this spring and won Greek Week.

I'm almost tempted to go out and steal one now. I wonder if the Alpha Gams or ADPi's leave their door's unlocked... (It's okay, they love us here. ;)

erm.... Go Cyclones.

-Sean

This is fun?:(

I wnet down to the Chapter one night (2) hour drive and find out that someone broke into the House and stole the Composit of the Local That I started. I was livid. They new who took it as someone saw it happen.

When I got home Sun. I e-m the Local AB Chapter and Their National.

I plainly stated, that if the Composite was not returned immediately, I would file charges.

Well, We got the composite back with the glass broken and the AB members suspended.

This is fun, it is stupid! These things no matter what are Treasures of that Organization. They cost money for that Chapter. Normally, any theft over $50.00 is a felony! Da. They can get damaged, and all are irreplacable.

Use you noggins, not your whorimones.

Jeez, We as Greeks are under the gun enuff and the press gets wind of it, Shit City in the press.

TAF,