I would take offense at someone wearing my letters or coat of arms if they are not members of my fraternity. With pens, pencils or other disposable items, I wouldn't be too worried about it.

Most times, disposable paraphernalia does not contain the Greek letters or the coat of arms. I do like Fiji's rule on the display of their Greek letters... never on anything that could be disposed of (shirts, napkins, pens, etc.)

I wouldn't worry too much about it... as others have said, just keep it at home and use it there, or return it to a Zeta. (Or be prepared for curiosity from Zetas :) )

AEPhi's rule is that only initiated sisters are supposed to wear letters or use anything with letters on it, so if I saw someone with an AEPhi pen I'd assume she's an AEPhi, but I wouldn't be too put out if she weren't. If I saw someone wearing letters who turned out not to be an AEPhi, then I'd explain the rule and ask that she not wear the letters again. But a pen is just an object...

It's just a pen so I wouldn't worry about it. :)

If youre really worried, get the address of a ZTA on GC and mail it to her :) Then #1 you know its going to a ZTA, and a GC ZTA at that!!!

easy solution: trash can.

Keepsake
 

Put it in your keepsake box (all girls have at least one!) to remember an experience from college. Later, you can go through it with your daughter and tell her about something that you went through. I have lots of odd items from different events: concert tickets, bottle cap, Mardi Gras beads, etc... from things I attended. It makes for wonderful memories.:)