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When I pledged (and even with the new pledges coming in), we got to wear actual letters on Fridays, while the sisters wore letters on Mondays. But we weren't allowed to own our own set of letters until we became sisters, nor could we wear them on any day other than Friday. On our letter days, we borrowed letters from people in our family tree. That way, you get to wear letters, but you can also be excited about receiving your own from your big after sisterization. We also got lavaliers, etc, after sisterization. And during pledging, our bigs would give us random gifts with Alpha Rho Omega written on them, but when it came to letters, we were separate but equal, I guess.
I think that the extent to what hazing is defined these days is completely ridiculous. Witholding letters from pledges isn't hazing- they're not sisters, so they shouldn't be allowed to own a set of letters. It has nothing to do with how they represent the sisterhood or the fact they're on a "trial basis" as someone said. The fact of the matter is they are not sisters. They associate with you, yes, but so do many other people (ie: your organization's independent friends). If you're not a sister, you don't get letters. Period.
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