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Originally posted by sarahgrace
sairose, I was just initiated into SAI last friday and got to wear my guiding star's pin (our pins haven't come in yet!)
Here's a picture I found of the Sigma Alpha Iota (women's music fraternity) badge:
Sarah
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I always loved the SAI and Sinfonia badges, but then, I'm pinned by a Sinfonian! He has one of the jeweled badges, so I loved it. (I was originally in a local, so we only had the original jeweled pin for our president to wear-- everyone else usually just had gold letters in a row, about 1/4 inch high or so.)
I think I also like the ones with enamel symbols rather than the stacked ones... some of the stacked ones just look kind of thick and heavy. I can't imagine trying to wear one...
For NPC orgs, I think Gamma Phi Beta is pretty interesting; I've always been intrigued by the crescent and by the hebrew-looking letters. Alpha Chi Omega's lyre and the Zeta Tau Alpha shield also stand out, looking at the NPC poster.
For the NIC guys... (why can't they list the names so I can tell whose is whose!?!) I've always liked Sigma Chi. From the poster, next to last on the top, there's a whitish shield with sword. Phi Delta Theta, maybe? It's between Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Kappa Psi. That and Sigma Tau Gamma are pretty neat.
For the Divine Nine, I'd have to go with Alpha Kappa Alpha for the ladies (love that Ivy Leaf!) and either Omega Psi Phi or Kappa Alpha Psi for the guys.
There were two local pins I saw on ebay, though, that stuck with me this past week:
Kappa Phi Gamma 1955 and
Psi Omega Dental Fraternity
The first is cool because it's sort of an S-curve. The second has the most *beautiful* opals I've seen in a while. Check them out!
[Snarky comment-- can't these ebay people do a google search to find out what organization the pin might be from? Sheesh! Okay, it doesn't work for the above pin from Kappa Phi Gamma, an apparent local whose letters are now being used by an Asian-interest sorority, but you'd think people might at least *try* to check...]