Well, our handshake has to be learned, but as an Alum, time can dim the memory! To enter certain Events, one better know it. All the same, not by Chapter!

There is a thing that we have, it is called a card showing membership. If there is still adoubt, then ask for another ID with that same name!

When I was in grad school at University of Memphis, I made friends with this guy. Great personality, very likable. After a few months, I began catching him in lies about things (stories about his undergrad days, where he had lived before, his relationships with girlfriends). I put some distance between us, but was still friendly. He was convinced that we were best friends. One thing I didn't realize was how closely he listened to my fraternity stories.

One day I was leaving campus and passed by the off campus bookstore/Greek store. I saw Philip coming out of the store wearing a Sigma Chi cap. I pulled up next and asked what was up with the cap. He told me that he had bought it for me and was wearing it to 'get some wear and tear into it' before he gave it to me. I was suspicious, but didn't confront him about it. He gave me the cap. Couple of weeks later, I go over to his apartment. Walking through the apartment, I see a Sigma Chi shirt over a chair. Again, what's going on? "Oh, I saw that and thought you might like it." But, I could tell that the shirt had obviously been worn. Okay. A couple of weeks later, I see a truck driving near campus. Sigma Chi sticker in the back window. Guess who? I caught up with him later and, very politely but firmly, informed him that under no circumstances was he to have that sticker in his window. I let him know that I understood and wished he could have been a Sig, but he was not. He scraped it out and I never heard another thing about it.

I graduate and move to Dallas. About six months later, I am talking with a friend from Memphis on the phone (a Phi Psi). Robert says: "Hey, I met a fraternity brother of yours. Philip." WTH????? I ask Robert for more information and got even a bigger shock. Philip was basically giving people my background story as his. Telling people he was a Sigma Chi. And even telling Robert a couple of funny stories that happened to "him" that really happened to me. I don't know what happened to him since. He may still be running around Memphis telling people he is a Sigma Chi and giving them my life story as his.

Baylor's campus funny paper listed perping at a big fraternity rush event as an easy way to get free cigarettes and drinks.

Still not cool, though.

I knew some guys that pretended to be freshman rushees at a nearby campus and just took advantage of the free beer. They got bid cards but didn't sign them. LOL

This is sometimes true with sororities too! I transferred schools and met up with the chapter on my new campus. One of my sisters from the school I transferred from called me up and said, "We learned the wrong handshake!" I guess our president went to national convention and got a surprise when giving the handshake :eek:. The handshake we learned was very similar to the true handshake, but it was off a bit. I gave a disclaimer at my first formal chapter at my new school. Luckily for me, they thought it was funny :p.

Again, I've never seen this. I have no idea what she's talking about. I think I've read a lot of things on GC, but can't seem to recall someone talking about someone who didn't know the handshake.

Example from this thread.

ETA: Thread about handshakes.

We had a girl in my class that started as a new member but quit about two weeks into it. She then continued to wear all of our stuff througout the rest of her college days... which is funny because she never bought any of it and when our class threw in to make t-shirts the first time she "forgot" her money and checkbook - so she didn't even own it in part.

If I do remember correctly, our new member coordinator had to physically remove our new member handbook from her grip.

I heard about every couple months or so that she had been at such and such a party telling people that she was an Alpha Gam. It was quite a challenge to remind everyone that no, she was almost an Alpha Gam.

Just when I thought I had heard it all. :rolleyes:

Thankfully I've never witnessed a situation like those mentioned, unless you count the rush thread fiasco courtesy of maxcheerz (I'm pretty sure that was the user name). :rolleyes:

Yep, that was her. I recall smelling something foul to begin with -- it was too good to be true!

GC's full of detectives, you know.

exactly!!!

This is a giant WTF. Why quit and then pretend you are a member? That makes no sense. She had her chance and gave it up voluntarily. This blows my mind.

Maybe they just wished they were and are not?:(

I just searched for the thread and couldn't find it. Did it get deleted or moved?