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Originally posted by sigmadiva
From reading GC, one difference that I have noticed between NPC and NPHC sororities is that for NPC it seems that different chapters of the same org may use different colors / symbols / mascots depending on the school. For NPHC this is a big NO-NO.
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Actually, this rarely happens - it's the exception not the norm.
For instance, Chi Os colors are cardinal and straw. No chapter uses any other colors than those. And if they did, and our national found out, they would be set straight. However, we do allow members to have shirts, bags, etc. in colors other than our cardinal and straw.
Mascots/symbols - I've heard here and there of chapters who hold something special to themselves - like one of our chapter is into chili peppers so they use them in decorations or patters for letter shirts, but nowhere do they claim that it is a symbol of Chi Omega. It probably came from an event "way back when" where a funny or touching thing happened and the peppers remind them of that. But again, for all of our 170 chapters, I've only heard of this once or twice.
I like MTSUGURL's family analogy. I think it's great that we have a diverse group of women in my sisterhood. We may not be exactly alike, but our ritual binds us into "sameness" - even if we are the only ones who see it!
