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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
To further complicate things, it would be correct to say "She was a XYZ at the University of Hotness" because you would be referring to a specific period of time in the past - so I WAS a Gamma Phi Beta at Texas State University in the 80s. I AM a Gamma Phi who is now active with the Houston Alumnae Group and Katy Panhellenic. Katy Panhellenic has many members who WERE members at many different colleges and universities.
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Exactly, which explains the engagement announcements in the paper, because the most common formulation I have seen there is that "Miss Smith attended the University of Texas, where she graduated with a degree in microbiology and was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority." Saves room in the announcement to do it that way.
I suppose you could argue that they're thinking of their membership as over by using that formulation instead of saying "Miss Smith is a member of Pi Phi," but I tend to think that people who think about their sorority enough after college to list in it their engagement and wedding announcements probably DO consider membership as a lifetime thing.
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
And I think some of us are hesitant to use present tense when speaking to non-greeks for fear it looks like we're trying to hang on to our college days a little too much.
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That too.