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Originally Posted by AritheDG (Post 1509058)

As far as I know, New Members are not allowed to wear the greek letters until they are initiated.

I've heard this from a number of collegiate chapters, but it is something that EO/int'l leadership is trying to eradicate.

Well, new member are not allowed to wear the anchor badge until they are initiated. They also aren't allowed to wear anything with the crest on it.

As for wearing letters, it depends on your chapter. I'm from the Eta chapter (University of Akron) and we were allowed to wear letters after our Big/Lil night. We we were told not to buy anything with letters on it because they wanted our "first set of letters" to come from our big. It's more special that way. =) Other chapters (I'll use the Gamma Epsilon chapter [Kent State University] because that's ~20 minutes away from Akron) aren't allowed to wear their letters until after initiation.

If you wanted to send her Delta Gamma related stuff, you could also try finding things with anchors on them or maybe send her a Hannah doll (kind of looks like a Raggedy Ann doll)

<3

I know this is a repeat, but it is an important message:

AS DICTATED BY EO, new members can wear any DG symbols except the crest and badge.

Anything else could be considered hazing.

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Originally Posted by AngieWashU (Post 1558971)

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Anything else could be considered hazing.

HAZING????????????????? Surely you jest? What on this planet of the gods could possibly be hazing about such rules?

I absolutely don't understand how a rule that says you can't wear, say, chapter letters, or even DG letters, until you're initiated could possibly be hazing.

Note, I don't say I agree with such rules. I simply don't see how they could possibly be considered hazing, even under today's overly restrictive definitions.

And I have never understood why our pledges don't take just as great pride in Pi Alpha as they do in Delta Gamma.

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Originally Posted by DGTess (Post 1558992)

Tess,

I understand your perspective, and maybe I have misunderstood EO's policies, but if it is only the crest (and badge) that are restricted to initiated members, then preventing any group of chapter members from using greek letters (for example) would be hazing. Perhaps our definition of hazing sometimes eliminates harmless fun, but I think it is worth it to protect our integrity as an organization.

Angie

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Originally Posted by atomicflowers (Post 1558967)

Actually Kent State does wear letters before initiation. Their bid day shirt has block letters on the front of it every year.

As for the letter wearing discussion. It is usually the crest that cannot be worn before initiation. I have heard also that EO is working to get everyone on the same page since it could be considered some sort of hazing.

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Originally Posted by hannahgirl (Post 1559251)

Actually Kent State does wear letters before initiation. Their bid day shirt has block letters on the front of it every year.

I don't know. I just remember that one of the girls I was talking to from my chapter was talking to one of the girls from Gamma Epsilon at Fred's in Kent and the girl from Kent said that new member aren't allowed to wear letters until after initiation. But maybe she didn't really know lol.