The spelling nazi in me takes issue with "embarrsing" each time this thread shows up in my new posts list.

I wonder what happened to the OP? He was a big douche as well.

I'm pretty sure that if a kid showed up to rush in a shirt saying that he was a future member then we wouldn't even give him a name tag, what a joke. Thats like wearing jean shorts, an instant no.

Me and a SigEp went outside for a smoke break during finals. It was probably 8AM and we'd been up all night for the 1130AM exam. A girl, either just having pulled an all-nighter or having just passed through our main student union building for a walk of shame (she looked disheveled is all I'm sayin) walked out the door in front of us wearing a lettered Sigma Phi Epsilon hoodie. We were both too tired to say anything and so we just stared. I asked if she was a sweetheart or something and he was just like, "no...I have never seen before...ever...I'm more interested in whoever the hell gave her the stupid hoodie."

Does it make a difference? Maybe her bother, boyfriend or friend was a SigEp at another school and he gave it to her. Or, maybe she went to a Greek store and had it printed up? (oh my!!!!) Or, maybe she got it at Goodwill because someone disgarded it.

When I was in school, it was typical to trade sweatshirts with what ever fraternity you was your partner in Greek Week or Homecoming. It was no big deal because every chapter on our campus did it, and there were over 3000 in the Greek system at the time.

I also can't tell you the number Phi Tau shirts I got off one of my best friends who kept leaving them in my car.

So it's okay for nonGreeks to wear letters and for Greeks to wear one another's letters? No.

It's unheard of at GMU to wear another organization's letters (even though we ((Phi Sig)) allow our sweethearts & lavaliered girls to do it, it is common practice only to wear them on special occasions.)

And when I say letters I don't mean printed--I mean the big block embroidered kind.

You at Dartmouth? As I understand it, the Phi Taus rock to their own beat anyway.

Hayle NO! The same applies.....they are not the other persons letters (Greek or Not)!

Exactly. :)

I rarely see NPHC orgs hand out event tshirts but the ones I have seen tend to spell out the org name rather than use the symbols.

Unless it is like a community day or step show shirt and every organization's letters are listed.

And that is how it is supposed to be handled!

I can't speak for all Greeks, but I was taught during my process to destroy, shred, or burn, all "nalia" that could not be pass to another Soror. If we see ANYONE wearing our Letters who is not a member, we are get that item from them!!!!!

Yes, this is a very "Serious Matter"!

Last year a female 7th grade student wore a Kappa Alpha Psi jacket to school. I asked her who jacket was she wearing. She stated that it was her father's jacket. Then I asked if he was aware that she was wearing it. Of course, she said, "Yes." Then I explained to her why she should not be wearing his jacket. She never wore that jacket to school again. I don't think her father knew that she was sporting his jacket around school.

I guess that would depend on the school then...it doesn't happen *often* at mine, but it's not unheard of. My boyfriend gives me his set of stitched SigEp letters to wear quite often; it's not a secret to the other guys in his chapter. I think that at some schools, the chapter members just care whether it's a girl that's been around a while vs. if she's some girl the member's been dating for a few weeks. I would hope that if a member from another school happened to see me in them, he wouldn't think that I just grabbed them up randomly :(

Chaos, At my school if there was a community clean up that all student orgs participated in, so all orgs names were listed.

That makes sense. I have a step show tshirt with all the orgs names spelled out. God forbid I rock your letters in any way shape or form. :p;)

Hush!!!:p:)

Yes we are taught how to "get rid of" 'nalia that can't be passed down and so forth. That has never stopped 'nalia from showing up at Goodwills and at homeless shelters.

Regarding getting stuff from people who wear them. That works better in theory than in practice. Most of us haven't been undergrads in years so our interactions with people are different. A kid doesn't have to give you that KAPsi jacket. In fact, no one has to give you anything. I know NPHCers who used to carry white tshirts around in case they ran into a nonmember wearing letters. Years later, those NPHCers don't care as much--unless they don't have a life. If nonmembers and perps are understanding and able to relinquish the 'nalia, they will hand over the stuff. If they don't want to for whatever reason, move on as to not have an assault charge. I still know Greeks who will inflict physical harm over such things. Those are folks with nothing to lose apparently.

It should be based on your organizations' standards. That shouldn't vary by chapter but I acknowledge that it does. It also varies by time period.

I don't think boyfriends and girlfriends should be wearing anything. That should be reserved for husbands and wives who care enough to affiliate with their spouse's organization in that manner. Even then husbands and wives often are not given letters to wear and/or the husbands and wives refuse to wear them. :)