Ok, this post is basically dividing BGLO's and GLO's more than they already are divided.
First of all, I think we are all smart enough to know that making assumptions on any organization based on seeing one chapter is not the way to go.
I don't doubt that there ARE organziations out there that 'drink and party' and that's it. I know that it happens, but it's NOT what any of our organizations were founded to do, or are present to do. It's sad that this happens, that the ideals get lost somewhere along the way. But it's not just GLO's that do this.
As far as letters go. I can wear my letters (DZ or SAI), but they are NOT SUPPOSED to be worn by anyone else OTHER than members. There's about a billion people in the US alone, you can't police everyone. People get ahold of lettered shirt, they wear them when they aren't supposed to--it happens, and I believe it happens to BGLO's too, don't you call these people posers? If I see someone wearing my letters that isn't supposed to be wearing them--I will say something, but I'm not going to beat them down for it. I wanted to bring up dropping, lavaliering, pinning, and shirting. These are all things that have to do with a romantic relationship. GLO's allow you to 'pin' or 'lavalier' your significant other or fiance if there is an 'obvious' intent to marry. Other than that--it's not allowed. Once a TKE friend of mine put his hat on my head as a joke to one of his brothers. He wanted his brother (whom he had not seen in a long time--he was actually an alumni) to think that he had 'settled down' (which is totally not his style). The guy actually thought we were getting married. It was a joke, for fun, there wasn't anything wrong with that--but I would never walk around sporting a TKE sweatshirt on my own. There's a difference. Just so you know, it's NOT common and it's NOT something that is supposed to be done.
Basically, to sum up, there's no reason to be attacking each other here. I was offended by the generalization of my own sorority along with all other GLO's by loviest95, it wasn't fair, and she doesn't have any other chapter to refrence. I'm not going to attack her for her statement though, and I don't think anyone else should either.
GLO's and BGLO's share a common goal--servicing the community. We might not be entirly the same, but maybe instead of fighting each other, we should work together? Why tear each other down, when we are supposed to be expending our energies into the community. I personally think it's sad.
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