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Originally posted by Blue Violet
OK, Both have the Lion and they were founded within a year of each other at the same school. Phi Mu sisters-does your national say why Phi Mu picked the lion when it was already being used on your campus by ADPi? And if the founders didn't care that it was already being used, why would a Phi Mu chapter today care and use a different mascot-like the ladybug. I just find this really interesting.My chapter only uses the international mascots & symbols. I think having a local mascot is cool if you have no (inter)national mascot, but if you have one, why would you change it? I'm just curious.
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Hey, I'm a Phi Mu and I'd like to know this too! I've heard a few theories, but I can't find anything in my pledge manual to back it up, so I won't post about that. What I do know is that KDatUTC is right... the ladybug is used more in the southern chapters of Phi Mu as well. Now you've got me searching for info!
EDIT: A post from my very own advisor on this topic from the Phi Mu board, as far as the origin of the ladybug:
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Prior to the formal adoption (early to mid '80's I think) of the lion 'Sir Fidel' as our official mascot - chapters used both ladybugs and lions - however they wanted as their chapter mascots. I believe the ladybug came about as a spin-off of Phi Mu Ladies (i.e., ladybug) My chapter, Alpha Psi used the ladybug. Our school mascot was the lions, so we kind of got the best of both worlds. To this day - I'm still collecting ladybugs - even picked up a notebook at Wesleyan College this summer during convention that had a swarm of ladybugs on it. Shannon, Alpha Psi '78
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So there you go... Phi Mu's mascot has not always been Sir Fidel, it was only adopted in the past 20 years. Ladybugs are used because the ladybug tradition in those chapters goes way beyond the origin of Sir Fidel.