My GLO is the BEST
 

Am I the only one who doesn't like rush shirts/slogans/taglines which attempt to proclaim the superiority of one's GLO? While I love and adore Gamma Phi Beta, and of course think it is a top-notch org., I've never felt the need to proclaim "We are better than you!" - but I see lots of slogans which do just that. Perhaps I'm hopelessly idealistic, but I believe that every member is entitled to pride in their org, and that true superiority is seen in the modest, quiet pride taken in your glo and your embodying of the ideals of your founders. When I see these slogans, I can't help but think they betray a certain insecurity. If you are superior, would you have to yell it from the housetops - wouldn't it be obvious? Pride is good - but do you have to compare yourself with other GLOs?
What do you think?

I agree. At my campus there are a few girls from some chapters that wear such shirts but they are looked down upon. My campus was always trying to foster Panhellenic spirit, and shirts like that obviously do not do so.

Also I don't think a chapter needs a shirt to show that they are the best, IMO that just shows that they are arrogant!

I second it. When I hear someone or some group say that "we're the best", it makes me feel as if they are seeking validation.

I also dislike them. Also, sorority women (well, Greeks in general) have to fight to have "good PR" enough as it is, and having tshirts that make us come across as elitist little snots don't do much to promote goodwill between Greeks and non-Greeks.

I like 'best' shirts
 

I do not own any, but I do not mind those kind of shirts. If I wear a shirt that says AKA is the best, I am not taking away from what another person thinks about thier org. I chose AKA because I felt it would be the best fit for me, not another person. So AKA might not be the best for everyone, but it is for me.

I am glad they love thier org as much as I do my own. I think of it as freindly competition. Some of us NPHCers, at my school, try to one up each other in terms of service (in addition to stepshows).

maybe another apples to oranges thing, but i don't mind them either. like sistergreek 1908Revelations said, AKA is the best - to her. and she can wear it on a t-shirt all she want, but it dont rub me the wrong way because SGRho is the best - to me. Tom, Dick and Harry can think whatever they want, but you cant tell me otherwise!

It's always friendly competition until someone takes it too far and starts showing their true selves. and no you dont HAVE to, but aren't we all comparing in our heads, from the full-fledged active, to the PNM/interest, even to the non-greek?

There's a difference between "We rule!" and "We rule, and you suck!"

One chapter I know had shirts that said "Stand in our shoes or stand in our shadows" I think it's pushing, or crossing, the line between pride and snobbery.

I think this is one of those NPC/NPHC things....

We have songs from our official songbook which say "Don't let my boy go Kappa/I'd rather see him dead"...... it's all in fun, to me.

because its a holiday and i can argue this all night...

with shirts like that, youre not pinpointing any one org. all 3/4 other orgs (or in NPC case, all other 25 orgs) are getting hated on equal opporunity. its when you start calling particular orgs out it gets messy and and what not.

whoever has the audacity to, in so few words, put "your org sucks, and mine doesnt" on a shirt has issues and their chapter needs to check them.

Delta is the best..I'll put it on a shirt, a train, a plane, or an automobile...lol...;)

Yeah I agree with the NPHC/NPC thing..we rib each other but its all good...as long as it doesn't get disrespectful no one gets too bothered.....

That is a big difference.
Yeah that probably is a difference beteen NPC/NPHC.

That line from your song is funny. Just to point out (not to you Senusret, of course;)) we all (NPHC) have songs/chants/whatever that say I didn't wanna pledge XYZ because they are not as good as us (to some degree). Look at the threads that have been started saying "WHat would you do if your son/daught did something else".

Get...the....funk....

We would never go....

there's a Zeta song that goes... the beat of my heart is crying Z-Phi B, cuz everybody knows we're the best sorority... and I agree

as long as lines aren't crossed and all parties know its all for sh*t and giggles, jocking is alright with me. we might be in different orgs but its love all around

That's right...I've got love for err'body...but my FIRST love is DST:D!!

say THAT Soror!!!! ;)

You know...I think everyone kind of secretly believes their org is better than everyone else's. If we didn't, why would we care so much?

I forgot to mention earlier, that (bolded) was the theme for NPC Recruitment one year at my school.

Well, I would hope everyone would think their GLO is the best - or at least the best for them. But I guess it goes to my background in being brought up to believe that bragging or boasting was not necessry - your acomplishments would eventually out and stand on their own merit. Cute little sayings that imply other glos are inferior - well, they just rub me the wrong way. And it looks like another NPC/NPHC difference (Greekchat has educated me so much about NPHC, for which I am grateful). I think they also contribute to the "catty" sorority stereotype.

I kinda like the "Stand in our shoes or stand in our shadows" for recruitment for ALL glos . . . it works in that context, I think.

Then at the same time that could PMNs, girls that didn't get in, or non-greeks feel less too. (If they allow themselves to feel that way)

I don't see sororities doing it too much but its very commonplace among a few fraternities here- the same ones that feel a need to advertise during rush...

Ugh.
It's just not panhellenic or classy. The other sororities on campus all thought it lacked taste, and though this chapter thought very well of themselves, suffice to say few outside of them did.

We never had problems with chapters ripping on others in chants or T-shirts. Regular old gossip took care of that.

I like the "stand in our shoes . .. " for recruitment because I think that part of our pitch to pnm is that greeks ARE leaders - that one reason you want to join is for the opportunities you have to develop those leadership skills and qualities which will serve you well in college and beyond. When we state that greeks are more likely to graduate, more likely to contribute to their alma mater, have higher g.p.a.s, etc.,we are backing our assertions by cold hard facts. I think it is important to have a unified front when presenting the benefits of membership - that's one reason why I don't like divisive slogans.
I wouldn't trade my Gamma Phi experience for anything, but I do think that had I become a member of any of the other fine NPC groups on my campus I would have had an equally great experience.

The problem with that as a Panhellenic theme is that people don't read it as Greeks are the people who will be CEOs, etc - they read it as Greeks are the snobby people who look down on everyone else and think they run the college.

Making it seem like your life will be shit if you don't go Greek is NOT the way to appeal to "maybe joiners" and it certainly doesn't help those who were cut in rush feel any better.

My favorite slogans for recruitment are the ones like the directional sign with all of the glos written on them, and the tagline "Whichever way you go, you can't go wrong!". I thought that was positive while avoiding the pitfalls you mention .

I thought one such t-shirt I saw was pretty funny. One of the other fraternities on campus once put together a rush shirt that said: "I'm a [GLO-name], your not." You'd think if they're going to presume that kind of arrogance, they could at least get the grammar right.

I think I'd be tempted to let them find a sign in their yard one day saying, "[GLO Name]: Were to good four grammar."


I wonder if they'd get the joke?:p;)

I'm ashamed to admit this, but when my chapter won Greek House of the Year, the T-Shirt Chair designed a shirt that said, "Some People Say It's Lonely At the Top, As If They'll Ever Know." As the individual who wrote the application, I have to tell you I was pretty ticked off when I got my shirt.

My husband is in a business fraternity and they had shirts that said "join us now or work for us later" which I thought were cute- but they didn't slam the other business fraternities.

I remember bid day shirts my sophomore year that had all kinds of "we're the best" slogans on them. Everything from "first and still finest" to "looked at the rest, joined the best". They didn't bother me as long as they weren't a slam on any specific group.

However our Panhellenic Association came down pretty hard on them my junior year, and it was considered a rush infraction if you wore any tee shirts that implied that one group was "the best". It was considered to be dirty rushing.