Name something unique/different about YOUR GLO
 

I see all kinds of threads about "my sorority was the first to do this..." and "my fraternity was the first to blah blah" and I love reading them. So along the same lines....

Name one thing that makes your group stand out from the others. Maybe you have colors that no other group has, or a very unique mascot. Maybe something your group does is really different from how everyone else does it. Be creative! I love learning odd facts about other GLOs. :)

I'll start! :D

SAI is a women's music fraternity. HOWEVER, honorary members can be men!

Also, I *believe* ours is one of the only GLOs to have a badge that incorporates the new member/pledge pin!

This is our badge. The MIT(new member) pin is just the pan pipes.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting

AFAIK, no other NPC sorority has the colors red, buff, and green (I and I RASTAFAR-I, if you will) and if I'm not mistaken the squirrel mascot is unique to Alpha Gamma Delta.

Isn't that also the colors of the gay pride flag?

-Rudey
--Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I thought the gay pride flag was rainbow. :confused:

The gay pride flags that I've seen and know are rainbow and multi-colored. Not just red, buff, and green.

Re: Name something unique/different about YOUR GLO
 

Actually a lot of GLOs have this - Phi Mu comes to mind as one. Our pledge pin is designed to evoke our badge.

Anyway, our colors of double brown (brown and mode) are unique. :D

PHi SIg is the only NPC soror. to use the sphinx.... :D

Phi Kappa Psi
 

Phi Psi was the first fraternity founded for higher ideals. This earned us the name, from other fraternities, of "The Noble Fraternity." We were also the first fraternity founded as a national fraternity, and we were the first founded as non-sectarian.

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Oops--I should have clarified what I meant. :)

On the SAI badge, the pan pipes seen are EXACTLY what the pledge pin is. Meaning, the pledge pin is DIRECTLY incorporated into the badge. I haven't seen another sorority use the EXACT pledge pin in their badge, if this makes any sense.

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It does - but Alpha Chi Omega wears their pledge pin as part of their badge - so again, not unique. ;)

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Yes I know, but don't they wear the pledge pin along with their badge? Or am I thinking of something else. We don't wear our pledge pin along WITH the badge; what I meant was that the badge is an extension of our pledge pin, per se. It has the exact same pipes of pan, but surrounded by the pearls and SAI letters. And I could be wrong, too...but from my research, I haven't found another sorority badge that had a piece of the pledge pin on the member's badge.

i think this badge thing has been discussed before, i want to do a search but search doesn't seem to be working.

KD is the only group (that I know of) that has 2 different pledge pins. One you get at the beginning of the new member period, the other shortly before initiation.

Don't have much time now, but the DG pledge pin is a shield bearing the letters Pi Alpha. On our anchor badge, the same shield is used, only with the letters Delta Gamma. The white shield is the same though.

I'll type some unique stuff about DG later...it's too late now!! :eek:

Not sure if this is unique only to Delta Zeta, but every, single aspect of our badge means something to us. That is why we don't have a choice of metals, jewels, etc when we order them.

This is a great thread, sairose! I love learning things about other sororities :)

Tri Delta has this too. :)

Tri Delta is the only NPC sorority, and the only GLO that I know of, to use the dolphin as mascot.

It is one of the few NPC sororities to use its mascot since the the beginning of the sorority's history. (For those of us Tri Delts who were looking for the answer of when we adopted the use of the dolphin, I found it -- it was an unofficial symbol of the sorority from the beginning, and Sarah Ida Shaw used it in jewelry she gave to the national officers and the editor of the Trident.

As far as I know we are the only sorority to use our jewel, the pearl, not only as a jewel but as a symbol. (I know other sororities have symbolic meanings behind their jewels, but the jewel isn't used as a symbol associated with that group per se.)

For a while we were the only NPC sorority to have a policy preventing discrimination on sexual orientation -- now Phi Sigma Sigma has joined us. :)

We are the only GLO I know of that uses Poseidon as a patron.

ADPi uses "Alpha" in place of what most organizations call new members or pledges, "Delta" in place of colleigate members, and "Pi" in place of alumnae.... that way no matter what stage you are in, you are always a part of Alpha Delta Pi! :)

From what I've gathered from other threads, AGD is the only NPC to have special alumnae clubs/chapters for women under the age of 35... what we call Junior Circles.

Dee

Thanks, KillarneyRose! :) And actually, SAI's badge is the same way! That's why ours only comes in one style. It's so cool to find out another sorority's badge is the same way, because I thought we were the only ones. :)

Zeta has something similar. It is called Loyalty Link and is for women who have been out of college for 5 years or less. I thought Chi-O had something like this, too. Can a Chi-O clarify?

Actually, I think most of the NPC groups have something similar these days. In Alpha Phi we call them Ivy Connections.

An Ivy Connection is designed to offer a bridge from the collegiate experience into alumnae life. The Ivy Connection provides a mechanism for young alumnae to meet socially and offers opportunities for personal and professional networking. It is targeted towards Alpha Phis who have been out of college 10 years or less. The goal of an Ivy Connection is to promote programming that will cater to this age group. Ivy Connection activities and schedules are very flexible, depending on each group's needs, thus making this type of organization a very appealing opportunity for younger alumnae!

I wish Phi Mu had something like that! The alumnae groups do, though, make an effort to provide "Young Alumna" gatherings in addition to the general meetings.

ZTA is the first sorority to have a housing corporation. :)

Our new member pin is incorporated into our crest. I don't know how many, if any, other sororities can say that, but I think it's interesting.

Kappa Alpha Theta was the first greek letter fraternity among women...meaning we were the first to use greek letters as our name. It all started when our founder Betty Locke was asked to join a fraternity but not able to initiate they wanted to use her as as mascot figure so she decided to start her own"fraternity for women". Also we were the first to have a woman elected onto the senate. We are the only sorority to use black or gold as our colors..a lot of others use common colors such as red, blue. white, green, etc. That is all i can think of for now.. for other first's visit www.kappaalphatheta.org

Alpha Delta Pi was the First Secret Society founded for women...it was known as the Adelphean Society! Also, our jewel is a diamond and we use it for other reasons besides being our jewel. One example is we call our big and little sisters Diamond Sisters....another is that our badges our diamond shaped.

I think we are the only sorority whose meaning behind the shape of their badge is not a secret. It's open knowledge why we use the anchor badge!

Tri Delta's symbols all represent the members, kinda like the Alpha Delta Pi thing mentioned earlier.
The pearl is the new member (and the jewel)
The pine is the collegic member
and the pansy is the alumnae (and the flower)

DPhiE is the only NPC founded at a professional school, The School of Law at New York University. I think that we are the only NPC that has the unicorn as its mascot. :)

Phi Kappa Psi
 

Phi Psi is the only fraternity with the Jaqueminot Rose as its flower. Most of you don't care. Unless you are an AOP, in which case you are now very impressed with Phi Kappa Psi. ;)

http://www.justourpictures.com/roses...jaqueminot.jpg

The members of SGRho all wear the same badge, w/ chapter guards for undergrad and alumi chapters.

Also, I don't think anyone else has the poodle for a mascot, the only other org that has a dog is the Omega's, and it's not always the same dog.

I'm sure I'll thinl of some others later.

I guess you could say we do, too, since our new member pin is the pipes of pan and the pipes of pan are also on the crest. :)

QUOTE]Originally posted by sugar and spice
Tri Delta has this too. :)

Tri Delta is the only NPC sorority, and the only GLO that I know of, to use the dolphin as mascot.

It is one of the few NPC sororities to use its mascot since the the beginning of the sorority's history. (For those of us Tri Delts who were looking for the answer of when we adopted the use of the dolphin, I found it -- it was an unofficial symbol of the sorority from the beginning, and Sarah Ida Shaw used it in jewelry she gave to the national officers and the editor of the Trident.

As far as I know we are the only sorority to use our jewel, the pearl, not only as a jewel but as a symbol. (I know other sororities have symbolic meanings behind their jewels, but the jewel isn't used as a symbol associated with that group per se.)

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While Tri-Delta is the only NPC to have the dolphin as it's national mascot/symbol, there are other GLO's that use it:
Kappa Phi Iota Sorority Inc.
Xi Delta-at University of Georgia
Sigma Psi Delta (I think?)
Alpha Omega Epsilon Sorority (National sorority for engineers)
Kappa Tau Epsilon (Regional Sorority)

I don't know if they adopted it at inception though or if it was changed/ added later. I didn't realize the pearl was a symbol too, not just the jewel-that's cool.

I could be wrong, but I really hope I'm not on this one: Alpha Delta Pi seems to be the only GLO (or at least NPC GLO) who does NOT have any pictures or portraits of one of our Founders!! (This was 1851, after all!)

So, if any of y'all are hiding a likeness of Elizabeth Williams Mitchell, PLEASE cough it up!! :)

I've always thought that symbolism was really cool!

Phi Gamma Pi
 

We are the first and, currently, only local at Kent State University. Phi Gamma Pi is unique at Kent because we are the only PC-affiliated sorority that does not let our new members wear letters until after activation. Also, I really love our colors. They are hunter green, coral, and ivory. I really like having coral as one of our colors, even though it's really hard to find.

Elizabeth Williams Mitchell
 

I did a google image search on that name. It could be wrong, but this image came up:

http://fbox.vt.edu/eng/mech/writing/.../2003/fab1.jpg

I just tried it, too. It's just so wrong on so many levels!!

you really don't?? we do. i would think that if we did you did too because it was only a few months before our founding?

Sigma Delta Tau also has only one badge. I think it's awesome that I have the same badge as other SDT's around the country. It's a really cool symbolism of sisterhood and unity to have only the one badge IMO. But I do love to look at other GLO's and all the variety that they have and couldn't imagine owning one encrusted with diamonds. My finances are not that rich. ;)

edited to add that Buttonz already said this. That's what I get for not reading the entire thread ;)