I'm amused with this thread. I have two daughters, two different sororities. My Phi Mu daughter says she was a "Phi" during her "new member" phase but , here's the kicker.. when showing bid day photos she says "here I am with my pledge class!"

I know my Delta Zeta has called herself a "turtle" but nothing with baby attached. She had a "turtle time" last night. Whatever that is! LOL

AZ- I loved reading this!! How have I missed this fascinating story? I never knew about Bettie & her kitties. I have "more than a few." Makes me see more of a connection with her :)

Agreed. The various NPC founders, for the most part, would be clutching their pearls over our clothes, hair, make up, and practically everything else that is part of many greek systems day to day activities.

Date dash? Shameful!

Baby _____? Not so much!

Would that make the initiated members "big hooters?"

I've never had a problem with the term New Member. I believe that the moment you accept your bid you are a member. While you cannot know Ritual until you are an INITIATED Member, you still pay dues and attend all chapter functions. I am, however, a fan of extending the New Member period to a full semester. That way New Members could only be initiated if they proved themselves academically. 6-8 weeks is just too short to know if someone is a grade risk.

I *KNOW* the thread that you're referring to, because I have been on these boards since the dinosaurs.

I vaguely remember it being about "baby squirrells" and then the discussion went from there.

DG refers to its new members as "Pi Alphas" as that's what it says on the new member pin (i.e. pledge pin) . I think it's commonly accepted as a term and is considered respectful, etc.
http://www.fratpin.com/Scans/6-8-11%...mma_pledge.JPG

I wouldn't be surprised if any new members were called "baby Hannahs" or whatever...I'm not a fan of the whole calling young women by the diminuitive of "babies", but maybe if you had asked me when I was my 18 year-old-self and rushing, I might not have minded as much -- it's hard to say....

Trying to find that thread for you now....

You would like my sister, I received a text message from her on bid day to the tune of "If one more person calls me a baby bunny I'm going to assault them!"

In retrospect I'm not sure if her objection was to being a baby or being a bunny...

Bwah ha ha ha....GOOD ONE!:eek::D

This is definitely misleading in Advantage, then, because it makes it seem like one of those things that has always been.

And I hadn't heard anything about not calling them just Pearls - that's what we were called.

This is actually Tri Delta. New Members are Pearls, Collegiates are Pines and Alumnae are Pansies. However, I have seen "Baby Delta" here and there and I cringe every time I see it.

Well you know if you do something once in a GLO it's "tradition" and if you do it twice it's "the way we've always done it." :p

Remember unthread when we talked about not making assumptions about other organizations? New Members can be pearls in Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Sigma Alpha.

We're just New Members, Collegians and Alumnae. I've seen some chapters use Pandas or occasionally Baby Pandas for new members. We have one chapter that calls themselves Angels, so I know they use Baby Angels. Back in the day, my Great to the 5th Grand Big Sis called all of her family members "Baby Pi". We called her Granny Pi. That's as far as Baby went, and it was a localized term of endearment.

That sounds like students at my alma mater. They call traditions things that didn't even exist a few years ago. It's usually amusing, but a few years back in the school newspaper, the Panhel president attributed rules about parties (i.e., that they have to be held outside the house) not to risk-management policies but to a sort of brothel law. Argh.

And there you have it.

The men have never changed their terminology and are still using rush and pledge. The women hear it and realize it's far less lame than the PC ridiculousness we are supposed to use. The women use the old terminology despite all their "education."

(....waiting for a national officer to jump in here and say that in that case, we shouldn't socialize or hang out with fraternities.)

And wouldn't that do wonders for our membership numbers? :rolleyes: