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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
As far as I know, ASA pledges have been Pearls loooooooooong before the 90's, whether they were commonly referred to as such or not.
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Originally Posted by 33girl
I thought we weren't allowed to say just Pearls anymore.  |
[QUOTE=33girl;2093136]There was no usage of Pearl until after at least the 1994 convention, or it might have been 1996. It definitely wasn't used when I was an active.
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It was the 1994/5 year when they revamped and reissued the Encounter that the term pledges was changed to Pearl. I was active at the time.
The appropriate term now is New Member; Pearl is considered slang. Active is also not used, and has been replaced by Collegian or Collegiate Member.