What is your take on?
 

I was looking on ebay today at ADPi things. I wonder what your take on the coozie is?

I know I have some ADPi shot glasses, but I collect shot glasses from all over and a lot of people know that so when they go places they bring me back one too so I can have a ton when we finally build our bar and display them.

Anyways, I dont drink out of any of them. I have some plain shot glasses to use if we need them.

What is your take on the beer coozie with ADPi on it or the ADPi shot glasses? I mean we are not allowed to drink with our letters on so I feel why would you parade your beer around in an ADPi coozie.

What is everyone elses feelings on it?

I think the koozies are fine because they could be used for cokes, not necessarily beer. I do have somewhat of a problem with the shot glasses because there is only one reason to use a shot glass, and that clearly (in my opinion) breaks the "No drinking with letters" rule.
Just my 2 cents.
My brother also collects shot glasses- he's got a TON and they're so fun to look at and buy for him.

Agreed!

I collect shot glasses, so yea, I have an ADPi one. I don't use it though b/c of the no drinking in letters rule.

I don't really see it as a problem unless I were to see a sister drinking from one.

I have a glass that has the same imprint on it as the ADPi shot glass that I got for initation. I don't use it, but it's cool to just have I guess.

lol. I agree you cna use your coozie for pepsi or soft drinks. when i go to the races i take coozies and usually drink water or soft drinks from them. Im not a big beer fan esp the beer at the races, but I was at the Charlotte race and we had garage passes cause of family, anyways we were going back to the seats to see the race and I noticed all the people with coozies, so I started to take notice of what was on them. Anyways, I saw 3 diff sororities with coozies with beer in them. I wont say who they were but I was like oh wow cause I had never thought of it before. I guess I was just surprised with how people dont care.

No shot glasses or coozie's here!! Sad to say- but I bet there are some ADPis out there that do not think...just like the girls from the other sororities you saw with coozies!!!

Frankly, I don't like to see the Crest on any glassware - because you really can't control who uses it. But that's my 2¢

Just like everyone else said, the koozie can be used for pop or beer, although we all know that it's just nasty to drink right out of a can, don't we? ;)

of course! don't most sororities have a cup rule anyway? (as opposed to drinking an alocholic beverage from a can or bottle, but to use a cup instead?)

If not, they should. There's all sorts of nasties on cans!! Plus, you never know for sure what's in it! blech.

or, as I actually saw on the shelf label at the Ben & Jerry's factory, a "toothpick holder."

In regards to the "cup" rule, someone might correct me if I'm wrong, but I think EO changed that rule. I know Beta Beta no longer follows that rule. We are now allowed to drink out of the bottle. The reason we changed this is because it's a lot easier to slip a drug into a cup than it is the smaller opening of a bottle. With the increase of GHB use these days, I think it's wise to do away with this rule.

that makes a lot of sense on the whole 'cup rule' thing.

We were just always told that if we were to order a drink to ask for a cup as well and pour it in there ourselves.

... but that drug thing def. makes sense.

I didn't even know that there had been a cup rule! I just think it's generally nasty to drink out of a can, and avoid it at all costs!

Chalk another one up to not knowing that there had been a cup rule! :eek:

I second that!

third!

Sorry to crash but I just wanted to say that I'm so glad to hear that people in another sorority do not drink in their letters. I think my chapter is the only at my school that has this rule and we are all always in shock when we see other sorority girls wearing letters and drinking or using koozies with letters to hold alcoholic drinks. I am guilty of having a shot glass but it sits on the shelf in my room. I have a koozie with letters too but don't ever use it.
Is the no drinking in letters a national thing for you all? When National visited our chapter we asked about it and they said it is not in our by-laws and for the chapters that chose to uphold it, it just falls under "conduct unbecoming of a Chi Omega".

I am not sure if it is a national bylaw or not...but I know one thing for sure and that is all of the chapters at my school followed the no drinking in letters "rule"!! :)

Whether it's in the COB or not, I know of no chapter whose bylaws have been approved without that clause. It's a good habit to get into, remembering how you act represents your GLO, whether you like it or not.

I just checked the COB for the policy about this and the text follows.

From the Statement of Policy Regarding Alcohol for Collegiate Chapters:

"No event advertising or artwork (i.e., T-Shirts, cups, banners, programs, favors, etc.) will feature/suggest alcohol."


There is nothing related to this in the sample bylaws in the COB.

I think this may be why our Panhellenic Delegate my junior year (senior year?) was successful in getting the Sigma Chi's to change their theme for Derby Days that year. They were planning on doing a play off of the Absolut advertising, and our PD was able to get the other sororities to agree not to participate (if I'm remembering this correctly) unless they changed their theme. It was a great moment for our chapter! :)

I wish I had read through the COB as a collegiate more! :p

I really wish they would post the COB on Pride Online. Most women never see the book at all and it would make things much easier to update if it were online.

Same goes for the green book -- it should be on NPC.org.

I agree 100% with you!! That might make things work a little smoother! Then no one could claim ignorance.

That is a WONDERFUL idea!!!

I think that's one of the ways that places like GreekChat can really help the Greek System - by people who wouldn't necessarily be involved in the policy making process coming up with gems like this!!

Kudos, Sister!!!

I never heard of this "cup rule" either.

I know that adpi coozies were given out at Convention (I think the Second Breakers one - 1999???). If THAT doesn't legitimize them, what would??

In my chapter we were not allowed to DRINK or SMOKE in our letters. Which was fine by me. I think it was hard for some of the smokers in our group, but they dealt with it just fine. If we had koozies, we would just use them for soda. One year a sister made all of us koozies with our personal initials, instead of ADPi.

BTW, KD at my school had to sit down and cross their legs if they were smoking and have a cover around all alcoholic drinks, if there was a label.

It is interesting to see how chapters w/in one sorority or among different sororities all interpret rules/policies.

We had the sit down and cross legs while smoking rule at UNT. But we never had the cup rule while I was active. I dislike going to UNT and seeing ADPi's not following this rule whether they are in letters or not. It just irritates me.

It could be due to the training. Each chapter has their own standing rules and over the years those might change as people leave and newer members take over. Also, the atmosphere on campus might dictate what each sorority does. Just like we didn't have the sitting down rule, your chapter may have done away with it, or just did not pass it on. Maybe you can mention your feelings to the current Exec board.