drinking with letter pins?
 

i know there have been lots of threads about drinking with letters, but does anyone know if there is some specific rule about lettered pins?

my cousin goes to tulane, and i won't say what chapter, but in ALL of her "going out" pictures, she and her sisters are wearing various lettered pins with ribbon underneath, while drinking. that seems crazy to me because it is definitely drinking with letters, and i know that her GLO most definitely does not allow it... but does the pin thing vary by chapter? or is this just a tulane thing? i find it very strange. it's almost like some kind of marketing thing gone very wrong.

Do you mean the metal pins that say "I heart ABC" or whatever? You don't mean actual badges do you?

haha no, not badges.. the metal pins

Drinking in letters is drinking in letters, whether a badge, letter shirt or other item.

Caution: The Surgeon General Warns that drinking may lead to wearing Lettered Thongs, Cheerleader butt shorts, and hideous I LOVE MY GLO buttons. Please drink responsibly.

love it. :D

Re: drinking with letter pins?
 

I am from New Orleans and I can remember going to Madigan's a few years ago and members of a sorority were there and they were wearing some "I heart XYZ" buttons. I think it is the culture of the Greek Life down there. It is probably not endorsed per say; meaning I'm sure they know better than to do that. However in their defense I will say this, they were drinking but they were behaving like ladies. I don't condone it at all but I guess sometimes things happen and people do things that do reflect poorly on our NPC organizations. I'm sure many college students wear their letters out at Spring Break....the best thing to do I think is to educate our members about when to wear letters and not to wear letters.

Should the rule be so simple? I'm hesitant to even suggest this to some collegians, but use your good judgment.

Come on, it's not so simple to distinguish between these two scenarios:

1) You want to go to a party where you intend to do kegstands, take part in obscene chants and drinking games, etc. This would not be the best time to wear letters, a pin, etc.

versus

2) You're at a formal dining event for your chapter, area chapter, or whatever. There you want to have a glass of wine with your steak... or maybe a scotch and soda or something to that effect. In this situation so long as you can drink responsibly, I don't really see a problem with making your affiliation known.

Sometimes, I think it'd be a lot easier if we were to just replace our respective risk management policies with one all-encompassing statement: "Don't be a dumbass."

At my school, some of those I Heart XYZ buttons are worn by others (usually XYZ boyfriends or fraternity greek week partners). I don't know how you can regulate them drinking or not drinking while wearing the pin -- fortunately, the pins are usually on backpacks or messenger bags and not the person.

I think the problem here is our drinking culture...or rather young people's drinking culture. If we've been taught to drink "properly," as in the second way ktsnake described, then GLOs/umbrella groups of GLOs would never have had such a rule for PEOPLE WHO ARE LEGALLY OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK. Unfortunately, we live in a culture where drinking can end up being crazy. :(

Out of curiosity, does this have anything to do with how greek life exists is different areas of the country? For example, the two schools mentioned here, Clemson and Tulane, are in South Carolina and Lousianna, respectively.

For us, drinking while wearing a lettered pin would be considered the same as drinking while wearing a lettered t-shirt, sweatshirt, etc.: Don't. If you're planning on drinking, leave your paraphernalia home - all of it.

LOL @ AlphaFrog's post.

aephi alum---where is your chapter located?

For us, it would be the same as drinking in letters, my lavalier or anything with Delta Phi Epsilon on it.

In my chapter, we aren't allowed to be around alcohol, bars or any where alcohol is served or sold, in letters; restaurants are an exception. No AOII flip-flops, letter shirts, party shirts, jewlery or bags. We don't want alcohol near our letters. The ladies in my chapter are pretty serious about this stuff. We make sure that everyone's facebook and my spaces are nice too. No underage drinking, no letters and alcohol or drugs on them. That's just a bylaw in our chapter though, the other sororities on campus may be different.