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Originally Posted by MaryPoppins
Still even as an Alumna, if I have tag/sticker on my car, am wearing a lavalier or ring and do something that appears in a negative it reflects on Theta. It's why in my car I am more careful than I might otherwise be about being rude in traffic or with gestures to other rude road warriors. What I do may give someone an image of Theta that reflects poorly on Theta if I have self identified as a Theta at that moment.
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Very true, but that's because you're identifying yourself as a Theta, not because everyone on campus knows you're a Theta whether you have letters on or not. Alumni can certainly embarrass their GLOs, but it's not the same as when you're in college. Context matters. That's what makes the video, aimed at college students, hyperbolic.
The message shouldn't be "don't embarrass us." It should be "live our values."
As I thought about it, the other thing that struck me as odd about the video was that it seemed to be aimed at prospective members. I think they actually said something in there about not rushing (though I'm sure they didn't use
that word) if you weren't willing to take the "you're always wearing your letters" lesson seriously. I hate to say it, but actions speak much louder than words. If the Greek Community isn't already exemplifying that lesson in a way that the rest of the campus notices (and I have no idea one way or the other), then to preach it to prospective members is going to come across as hypocrisy. It turns the potentially good PR into bad PR.