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Old 08-23-2005, 04:49 PM
emb021 emb021 is offline
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There are reasonable and unreasonable behaviors in wearing pledge pins. This is true of ANY aspect of a pledge program/new member program.

Most APO chapters I know have reasonable requirements/guidelines for wearing the pin. One 'rule' I've heard (and repeated) is that pledges should be wearing the pin while 'out and about' (ie outside their dorm/apartment/home while on campus and the general community) between 8am and 10pm, and the wearing the pin is not expected during the 5 "S"s. The 5 "S"s are:
* Sleep (so no waking up the pledges at 2am in the morning to ensure they are wearing it pinned to their PJs)
* Shower (no expectation of the pledge wearing it going to/from/in the shower)
* Sex
* Sloshed (we prefer Brothers not wear pins while drinking. ditto for pledge pins)
* Sports (no wearing it during sporting activities). I think ROTC and the like would fall in with this.

Also, most would not require a pledge to wear the pin during religious practices, as some may be uncomfortable doing it.

A pledge pin costs $4. If a pledge loses the pin, they buy a replacement and life goes on.

If a pledge forgets to wear it on occasion, most might remind the pledge. If a pledge habitually forgets, then they might have their Big Brother &/or Pledge master have a talk with them. Not wearing the pin should not prevent a pledge completing the program IF they are meeting all their other requirements.

Making pledges wear it on their bra strap, or crawl around at night trying to find a lost pledge pin is childish and could be considered hazing. (and I think most alumni volunteers would have a word or two with that chapter if their advisors haven't said something). I know if I heard of a chapter doing this sort of cr*p, I wouldn't be too sympathetic.
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