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Originally Posted by jojapeach
Exactly.
I arrived at the picnic at 3:30, and the soror and her shirt were in one piece when I arrived. I left around 6:45, and there was no drama. I cannot speak for other org members' responses because I heard nothing. If there were comments, they were probably made behind her back. And that's fine. There were well over 3,000 people there, and everyone was well represented. We were supposed to be there for a good time, not to start mess. Her shirt didn't promote greek unity, but it didn't stir up the drama at the picnic that this thread does.
No, I did not hem her up and snatch her stuff off. I spoke to her discreetly (that's my style), but she wanted to get away with her "bold" move. At the same time, I did not see or hear of sorors cheering her shirt and throwing the soror on their shoulders because we massively approved of the "message". Regardless of feelings, there were not any sorors present (her prophytes, LSs, etc.) who were going to demean Sigma by fighting amongst legitimate sorors in the middle of a Greek event. That's just not a part of Sigma.
DSTCHAOS summed it up already: We all have members in our organizations that do dumb, lame, and/or thoughtless things. I'm not excusing the soror's choice because that was a plain and simple diss, but I'm not going to act like she's the first Greek in existence to do something in poor taste. I'm also not going to call her insecure in her decision to be a Sigma just because of her shirt. (Her shirt looked like a normal Sigma shirt in the front.) Her shirt may reflect an unwise neophyte choice, but she made a rookie mistake, and she might understand her error down the line as she continues her path.
I think all of the Greeks were desensitized because the XYZs strolled and dissed the ABCs by throwing up the ABC handsign and then using "the finger" immediately after the handsign. The stroll did not include spending money or wearing other letters, but that was still disrespectful.
Consider this: If these actions (shirts, jackets, strolls, etc.) reflect our undergrad membership in 2006, just wait until 2011 and 2016 to see what our current HS students will add to our memberships.
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