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Originally posted by sigmadiva
First, no one has any right to disrespect anyone, greek or not. Now here comes the big BUT............
I do understand the animosity towards non-D9s using hand sign / calls / line names and numbers. (I'm not saying it is right, I'm just saying I understand.) Presumably (?sp), these traditions started within the D9 (exactly which D9 did what first is always up for debate a la' which D9 frat stepped with canes first, KAY or PBS....), so to have the hand signs / line names and numbers usurped by non-D9s feels like the non-D9s are stealing our (D9) tradtions. The thought is like 'Hey, if you wanted to do hand signs, line names / numbers and do calls, why didn't you join a D9?' AFAIK, these D9 'traditions' are common and consistent among all D9 chapters (at HBCUs, PWIs, grad and undergrad chapters), unlike GSS or TBS, where at a PWI, they may not do the hand signs / line names and numbers and etc. just because it is not common among Whites. (Again, not to offend, just trying to offer a perspective on the situation)
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Actually I've heard this perspective many times as a Gamma Sig, and to a point I understand--but I wonder sometimes if any of the behavior that Empress talked about would stop if we had that type of consistency across the board. Probably not, and I say that just due to other details about Gamma Sig that some Greeks don't agree with. But this isn't about GSS, this is about Pike...
Just like any other new org, these guys felt that the organizations at Howard weren't for them, so they found an organization that DID fit them--it just wasn't any of the orgs established at HU already. Is it going to be easy for them? No,
but if they want to see their chapter work, they know what they need to do to make it work. If not, they'll falter and close. It is just that simple to me.
If they joined Pike for the right reasons, it really won't matter what the rest of the HU community is saying. They need to just do what they need to do, and do it well. Actions speak much louder than words. It was the same thing I told my GSS sisters at HU when they were just beginning as well. It was very hard for them too, but they did everything to the best of their ability and are doing quite well.
I'm sure these guys knew going in that Pike wasn't going to be welcomed with open arms, but were willing to take that chance and I applaud them for their efforts. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out.