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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
How do you help your new members develop friendships with the group if they are not allowed to be visibly associated with it?
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By participating in activities associated with the organization. If wearing a shirt/jacket/etc is the only way that a person can build a connection with my GLO, I don't want him in.
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As breathesgelatin said, who wears the crest on their t-shirts? Nobody, really. But the crest is a special symbol that represents the ideals of your organization in a way that only initiated members can fully understand. Same with the initiated member badge. These are things that are acquired with the completion of a new member program. But your letters define you as a member of the organization, whether you’re a brother/sister or a new member who just went through their first ceremony. The actual letters on a page mean very little. If you were to see the letter “alpha” or “A”, it would be very insignificant. Even a few of them together… AST. In theory, these letters mean something to me. But to other people, they may be just 3 random letters together. Essentially, your letters simply identify you as part of one organization as opposed to another. They "name" your organization. But look at your crest. Anyone can see that there are symbols and words that most likely have meaning, but obviously only to those to whom they have been explained.
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All organizations don't have open meanings for their letters. So, just like with the crest, there is a special meaning behind the letters that only full members would know and understand.