This is the same for Alpha Chi Omega & our symbol, the lyre. Traditions are very hard to break, though, for many chapters - it is hard to find a huggable, cute lyre to give on bid day, big/lil night, etc. Heck, it is hard to find ANY lyre's that aren't connected with Christmas!

Also, the angel is not and has not been a symbol of AXO. Many people assume that the angel is associated with us, because so many of them are holding lyres!

mine too :) they picked it for my big's little before she even got me, so i got lucky.

theta nu epsilon
 

the symbol on some campuses (campi) is the wart hog but on
others it is the pangolin. Recently, though, the Tasmanian
debbil has emerged

Quite a random thought:
A Christmas ornament with an angel holding a lyre would be a really nice gift for a mother with one Pi Phi daughter and one AXO daughter.

As I said, it's quite a random thought :)

Ladybugs and Raggedy Ann are both unofficial. Most chapters use ladybugs, but not all use Raggedy Ann for the same reason as DG - copyright laws. There aren't any ladybugs on our website either. Our official symbols are the Crown, Palm Tree, Phoenix & Star.

we use pandas :-) random, but cute!

Or for Carnation when she finally gets an AXO into the fold!! :D Always pushing my agenda, you know! ;)

On that note... I thought I remember reading/hearing somewhere that Pi Phi never officially had an angel - just the arrow. But I can't remember my own name most days :o

No, dangit!! I get a Pi Phi first, then I can have an Alpha Chi!;)

I do know an elderly Pi Phi in town who has an Alpha Chi daughter my age, I could get one for her. Although the granddaughter will rush in the fall and is likely to pledge a third group.

I've read in Pi Phi information that the angel isn't official but I doubt that anyone will try to suppress it. It's not like you can find a ton of cute arrows around--an arrow's an arrow!

At West Point the cadet who graduates last in the class is called the Goat (named after their archrival's mascot).:)

An old joke...
 

You know what they call an M.D. who graduates last in his class?




DOCTOR!


:D

Thanks for clearing that up about the mascots. I often wonder why our official symbols aren't known more. For instance, ZTA is known pretty much for having the crown, yet we are not. When I was initiated I received a lot of Palm Tree stuff, however the palm decor is pretty big now. I wonder how our unoffical mascots got started with ASA. Anyone know?