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Originally posted by lauren1874
We let our new members wear letters any way they like (lol... within reason!) -- we usually give them letter shirts and jackets and all kinds of stuff during sig-mom week (our version of a big sis, for those of you who haven't read my post on THAT thread).
We do have a rule that no one is allowed to smoke or drink in letters, out of respect for the letters themselves and what they stand for (a LOT of girls in my chapter smoke -- we used to be called the Smokin' Kappas, but since we don't smoke in letters anymore we're the Smokin' Kappas for a different reason!  -- usually before informal activities at the house you can find girls out back smoking with their shirts turned inside out!). And no non-initiated member of Sigma Kappa is supposed to wear the crest or even drink out of glasses that bear it, because they don't know its meaning.
I think it's pretty tacky to go out drinking -- like when the purpose of your evening is to go out and drink and get drunk -- when you're wearing a big-letter shirt. I think that's disrespectful, and it just draws attention to the fact that you're in a GLO, which (particularly if you're drunk and "acting up") can lead to the perpetuation of those negative stereotypes we're all fighting... or that's my opinion, anyway. I'm not saying it's bad to go out drinking or to wear your letters proudly -- I do both! -- I just think there's a time and place for everything, and the two shouldn't necessarily be combined.
At my best friend's school AST doesn't allow new members to wear SATIN letters until they're initiated -- pledges can wear felt or cotton fabric letters in the meantime. I was making her a letter shirt during her pledging period as a congratulatory gift and her roommate told me, "Make sure they're not satin or she can't wear it!" I was like, "Huh?"
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That's interesting b/c when I was a pledge I was not allowed to wear letters until after initiation. I'm not sure that still applies today (at my chapter), in fact I think they do allow new members to wear letters. I'm not sure what the deal is anymore. I don't recall any rules about wearing the crest, although the memory could be going?!!?
