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Originally Posted by aephi alum
I should add (in light of LucyKKG's post, where she mentioned that with her local "very few things had meaning") that the founders of Sigma Iota Phi did come up with things - letters (obviously), colors, a jewel, a symbol, and a badge and pledge ring - and did put some beautiful and well-thought-out meanings behind them. The meanings are all secret, and I consider my oath of secrecy still to be in force even though Sigma Iota Phi no longer exists. So it was a bit sad to put aside all those symbols when we became part of AEPhi, but we adopted AEPhi's no-less-beautiful symbols instead.
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Yup, totally the opposite of my experience. We picked letters and symbols because those were things we felt we
had to have in order to be a legitimate sorority. What would we tell the rushees when they asked about our colors and mascot?? (Pink/green and clover, btw) I think it would be very meaningful to take time to choose values, symbols, and a motto that mean something to you. Ours were just perfunctory.